Zero Budget Natural Farming

Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a farming system which relies on on-farm biomass to increase productivity of the soil. Practitioners call for non-compost, non-organic inputs to increase fertility by relying on Jeevamrutha and increasing humus content. In India, Subhash Palekar has promoted and written on it extensively.

India
ZBNF has been practised in South Indian states like Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh. In Andhra Pradesh, the government has promoted it at state level.

Comparative analysis
This farming method has emprically been proven to be better than organic farming.