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Zero budget natural farming practices on yield of crops (Maize + soybean and Pea + coriander) in mid hill of Sikkim Himalayas

Journal of Agriculture and Ecology, 2023
Natural Farming (NF) is an alternative low-input, climate-resilient farming practice that have emerged to reduce input costs and higher yields for farmers from locally available inputs by eliminating the use of chemical fertilizers and improving soil ...
Skr Das, A. Kumar, A. Yadav, R. Laha, V. Mishra   +4 more
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Effect of natural farming, organic farming, and recommended package of practices on yield and economics of irrigated wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2023
An experiment was carried out on a split-plot design with two uneven controls, viz. four foliar concentrations of cow urine, and jeevamrutha under natural farming which were compared with Organic farming (OF), and Recommended package of practices (RPP ...
A. Behera, C. Chandrashekara
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Exploring the scenario of natural farming and food system in the North Eastern Hill Region of India: an introspective study

Journal of Agriculture and Ecology, 2023
The agricultural practices in India's North Eastern hill region (NEHR) align with the philosophy of natural farming, which emphasizes working in harmony with natural cycles and processes of the natural world.
S. Athawale, R Singh
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Overexpression of Rice Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Synthase OsMGD Leads to Enhanced Salt Tolerance in Rice

Agronomy, 2022
Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) is the most abundant lipid on earth and constitutes about 50% of the polar lipids in the thylakoid membrane of higher plants. MGDG synthase (MGD) is the key enzyme responsible for MGDG synthesis in plants.
Lei Hui, Dan Liu, Yi Wang, Shasha Li, Lina Yin, Shiwen Wang   +5 more
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Impact of Zero Budget Natural Farming on Crop Yields in Andhra Pradesh, SE India

Sustainability, 2022
It has been claimed that Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF), a burgeoning practice of farming in India based on low-inputs and influenced by agro-ecological principles, has the potential to improve farm viability and food security.
Sarah Duddigan, C. Collins, Z. Hussain, H. Osbahr, L. Shaw, F. Sinclair, T. Sizmur, Vijay Thallam, Leigh Ann Winowiecki   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effect of different organic inputs on growth and yield of Soybean (Glycine max. L) under mountainous conditions of Himachal Pradesh

Environment Conservation Journal, 2020
Current study was conducted to evaluate the influence of organic and zero budget natural farming on growth and yield of Soybean (Glycine max. L) under mountainous conditions of Himachal Pradesh.
Neha Awasthi, R.G. Upadhyay, Anita Singh, Rameshwar Kumar , G.D. Sharma   +4 more
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Sustaining without Changing: The Metabolic Rift of Certified Organic Farming [PDF]

, 2016
Many proponents of organic farming claim that it is a sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture due to its reliance on natural agro-inputs, such as manure based fertilizers and organic pesticides.
Alvarez, Camila, McGee, Julius
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Farm animal welfare: Beyond “natural” behavior

Science, 2023
An animal-centered view guided by what animals value could improve welfare on ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Indigenous farmers’ perceptions of problems in the rice field agroecosystems in the upper Baram, Malaysia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022
Background Rice field agroecosystems produce food for more than half of the world’s population and deliver important services supporting farmers’ livelihoods.
Alexander Hollaus, Christoph Schunko, Rainer Weisshaidinger, Poline Bala, Christian R. Vogl   +4 more
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Do community seed banks contribute to the social-ecological resilience of communities? A case-study from western Guatemala

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2020
Community seed banks (CSBs) are initiatives to support the conservation and use of diverse crops though locally rooted collective action. The impact of CSBs is assumed to be complex, but has not been investigated in detail.
Anna Porcuna-Ferrer, Valentin Fiala, Bernhard Freyer, Jacob van Etten, Ronnie Vernooy, Lorenz Probst   +5 more
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