Not just green: Natural farming in Andhra yielded more produce than conventional methods, shows study https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/not-just-green-natural-farming-in-andhra-yielded-more-produce-than-conventional-methods-shows-study-88713 12th April 2023
Apart from the higher yield, nutrient availability was also unaffected in Zero Budget Natural Farming
Conventional treatment involves the use of synthetic pesticides / fertilisers. Organic treatment does not use any synthetic pesticides or fertilisers and mulch but uses purchased organic inputs, such as farmyard manure and vermicompost. ZBNF involves not using any synthetic pesticides or fertilisers and uses home-made inputs comprising desi cow dung and urine with mulch. It does not involve any purchase of inputs.
Apart from the higher yield, nutrient availability was also unaffected in ZBNF, noted the study published in Agronomy for Sustainable Development journal March 23, 2023. This is a significant finding as there have been arguments that conventional treatment, which uses synthetic fertilisers, increases extractable nutrient concentrations compared to organic and ZBNF treatments.
Agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice. A review https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1927&context=agronomyfacpub Today, all these three different scale approaches still exist within agroecology. The preference to any one of these approaches seems to depend in many cases on the historical evolution in different countries, at least in those we could analyse. In spite of the existence of different approaches
and definitions, the new views and dimensions brought into agroecology as a scientific discipline will help facilitate the efforts to respond to the actual challenges of agricultural production, because of increasingly applied systems thinking and
interdisciplinary research approaches.