We have to look beyond Zero Budget Natural Farming (Financial Express)

India’s Financial Express published an opinion piece co-authored by Research Fellow Anjani Kumar, in which he argued that Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) alone will not solve India’s agricultural challenges. Kumar questioned ZBNF’s ability to simultaneously reduce costs and increase net returns from cultivation in the context of the country’s vulnerability to water scarcity and lack of access to extension programs and ultimately suggested that the government extend price supports to farmers participating in ZBNF while simultaneously investing in irrigation and agricultural markets.