A Guide to ZBNF-Zero Budget Natural Farming

Abstract

"Zero Budget Natural Farming" which is useful for farming community, academia, research institutes and agricultural scientists as a new dimension in a traditional and sustainable way of farming. Natural Farming was founded by Dr. Cho Han Kyu in the 1960's at a time when emvironment was not even as an issue. Dr. Cho tried to show an alternative way of farming that assured both high yield and good quality, a nature- respecting farming that superseded the chemical intensive agriculture which had just begun to spmad in South Korea at that time. Natural Farming is an innovative new method of farming that utilizes the nature's powers for maximum performance rather than human intervention. Natural Farming uses natural materials instead of chemicals to make its unique inputs. Materials are locally available and cheap, and the farming inputs are made by the farmers instead of being purchased from the market, tt1us lowering cost for the farmers and converting waste as resources. Now a day's rnatural farming is provided to over 15 countries, recognized of its strength to producei more, at a better quality, with lower cost. It is also practiced in the underdeveloped countries and communities to give them a self supporting tool that can improve their living. South Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Mongolia, USA and India. I have great pleasure in releasing the book on Zero Budget Natural Farming for farming and livestock. I congratulate the author and editors for their erndeavor and wish them all success in spreading the Natural farming technology to make this wortd a better place to live in and for the benefit of the future generatiom,.