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We at Producers Market commit to our community to become the leading digital platform for global regenerative agriculture.

It is clear to our team that digitizing archaic, decentralized value chains in emerging markets requires the complex organization and collaboration of key stakeholders. 

Previously, ZBNF farmers were treating their cashew trees with pesticides and fertilizers before every harvest in order to ensure a higher yield. Unfortunately, over the years the farmers observed that their trees had lost lustre and yields. 

A basic “toolkit” for Zero Budget Natural Farming methods was put together by Subhash Palekar. Formerly, an agricultural scientist who, disillusioned by the ill effects of the green revolution on his own family farm, drew from extensive research to rescue traditional Indian farming practices carried out during the early 90s.

At RySS (Rythu Sadhikara Samstha) in Andhra Pradesh, India, they believe that natural farming is the solution to farmer empowerment. The Zero-Budget Natural Farming program enhances the welfare of small and marginalized farmers through training and education on climate-change resilient, low-cost farming practices.

Zero Budget Natural Farming is a grassroots movement in India dedicated to caring for the land, people, and communities that produce our food.