{"id":222,"date":"2019-08-02T15:32:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T14:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/zbnf\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2021-06-07T11:08:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T10:08:31","slug":"zbnf-soil-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/zbnf\/zbnf-soil-science\/","title":{"rendered":"ZBNF Soil Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WHAT IS ZBNF?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a locally developed grass-roots farming system that does not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Instead it focuses on the following inputs:<br \/>\n\u2022 Bijamrita \u2013 seed coating using cow dung and urine<br \/>\n\u2022 Jiwamrita \u2013 inoculum containing fermented cow dung and urine<br \/>\n\u2022 Achhadana \u2013 cover crops and\/or mulching<\/p>\n<p><strong>OBJECTIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our collaborative project aims to provide scientific evidence underpinning the environmental benefits of the ZBNF system. Five co-developed elements for research include: nutrient budgeting; carbon dynamics; resilience to climatic stress; soil microbial ecology; quantifying water use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPROACH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Knowledge exchange is at the centre of this project. All experiments have been co-designed by the partners in India and the University of Reading. Training on research techniques is provided in India and the UK. Implementation in the case study is led by <a href=\"https:\/\/apcnf.in\/\">RySS<\/a>, a government office in Andhra Pradesh specifically mandated to research and advise ZBNF practises.<\/p>\n<p><strong>METHODOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Field plot experiments have been designed and implemented by Andhra Pradesh\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/zbnf\/natural-farming-fellows\/\">Natural Farming Fellows (NFFs)<\/a> in 6 different agro-environmental zones, ranging from temperate coastal plains to arid montane. Field trials have been designed to compare and contrast the following:<br \/>\n\u2022 How ZBNF performs compared to conventional (chemical based) and organic agriculture<br \/>\n\u2022 The relative contribution of each of the ZBNF components to the system<\/p>\n<p><strong>OUTCOMES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will provide the scientific evidence to feed into policy and promote the future application of this hugely promising approach to other regions of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a locally developed grass-roots farming system that does not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":261,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-222","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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