Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) & Organic Farming Mastery

Name: Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) & Organic Farming Mastery
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Learn to grow crops in tune with nature—cut costs, restore soil fertility, and build a sustainable farming future.

Created bySATISH KUMAR SAHANI

Last updated 9/2025

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What you'll learn

Organic Farming Basics
How to adopt Organic Farming ?
Features and Benefits of Organic Farming ?
The Challenges and opportunites in Organic Framing ?

Course content

4 sections • 13 lectures • 1h 7m total length

Why to Join this course ?1:27
Join this course to learn the basics of organic farming, scale to profit, and grow as an organic farmer with practical, experience-based guidance for entrepreneurs and students.

What is Organic Farming ?4:28
Define farming and explain organic farming within Indian agriculture, highlighting the green revolution, high yielding seeds, chemical fertilizers, and macronutrients and micronutrients.
Development of Oraganic Farming ?3:21
Organic farming emerged from mid-century productivity needs to today's eco-friendly, soil-conserving practices, boosting quality food. International guidelines from IFOAM, Codex, FAO, and WHO support its growth and trade.
Definition of Organic Farming ?6:27
Promotes organic farming as ecological system that treats the farm as a living organism, enhances soil humus, biodiversity, and biological cycles, and relies on minimal inputs to sustain crops.
Principles of Organic Farming ?3:08
Explore the four principles of organic farming: health, ecology, fairness, and care, and learn how healthy soil yields healthy crops while supporting ecological cycles and protecting future generations.
Organic Farming approaches ?6:14
Explore organic farming approaches, including traditional, sustainable, biodynamic, natural farming, and permaculture, focusing on soil health, biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and preventive pest management.
Status of Organic Farming ?6:20
Organic farming is gaining global importance, with policy support, premium prices, and expanding markets, boosting rural economies and smallholders through sustainable resource management.
Demand and supply of Organic Products ?5:40
Explore the market for organic products, highlighting India’s growth, price premiums, and global demand from Japan, the US, and Europe, while noting sustainable farming practices like crop rotation and agroforestry.

What are standards of Organic Farming ?1:50
Learn the National Programme for Organic Production norms, including standards, accreditation, inspection, and certification, and how yearly inspections certify organic production and prevent artificial inputs.
Who is a Certified Organic Farmer ?2:10
Identify a certified organic farmer as one who follows standards, undergoes inspection for a certificate of authenticity, and maintains soil fertility through closed, renewable farming with no genetically modified crops.
Requirements of Organic Farming ?9:31
Understand the essential requirements of organic farming, including conversion, standards compliance, and on-farm documentation for certification. Learn how soil health, pest management without chemicals, and buffer zones support sustainable production.

How to design prepare the farm for Organic Farming ?8:41
Design an integrated organic farm that balances land, water, and labor resources, with a buffer zone, crop rotations, biodiversity, and on-site components like crops, trees, livestock, compost store, and office.
Farm Structure and Land preparation8:18
Identify essential organic farm structures, such as cattle sheds, storehouses, and a farm office, then learn land preparation and tilth through conventional, minimum, zero, and conservation tillage.

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Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) & Organic Farming Mastery : Learn to grow crops in tune with nature—cut costs, restore soil fertility, and build a sustainable farming future.

Are you tired of rising input costs eating into your profits?

With every season, fertilizers, pesticides, and seeds get more expensive—while your income stays the same or falls. But what if you could grow crops at zero cost of production, protect your soil, and produce chemical-free food that customers pay a premium for?

That’s exactly what Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) offers.

Promoted by Padma Shri awardee Subhash Palekar, ZBNF is a proven method that replaces chemicals with natural formulations and helps farmers achieve higher sustainability, lower expenses, and healthier produce.

In this course, you’ll discover how to:

Use the 4 pillars of ZBNF (Jeevamrutha, Beejamrutha, Acchadana, Whapasa).
Prepare natural fertilizers and pest control solutions using local resources.
Retain soil fertility while cutting costs.
Adopt crop planning, rotation, and irrigation techniques that conserve resources.
Sell your organic produce for higher profits.

This isn’t just about farming—it’s about creating a sustainable, independent, and profitable future for yourself, your family, and your community.

Step-by-step training on Zero Budget Natural Farming techniques to reduce costs, increase yield, and produce chemical-free crops.

Join now and take the first step toward chemical-free, profitable farming.

Who this course is for:

Learning the basics of Organic Farming

Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) & Organic Farming Mastery

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Course content

Introduction !1 lecture • 1min

Organic Framing !7 lectures • 36min

Standards and norms of Organic Farming !3 lectures • 14min

Design and Preparation of Organic Farm !2 lectures • 17min

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Who this course is for: