Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Organic Farming is dangerous than Chemical farming ---- Subhash Palekar

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Organic Farming is dangerous than Chemical farming says Subhash Palekar. Watch this vedio



When the whole world is moving towards organic farming, Subhash Palekar an Social activist from India says Organic farming is more dangerous than Chemical farming. He has his own concept of farming which is popularly known as ZERO BUDGET FARMING.

What is this Zero Budget Natural Farming ?

Zero Budget Natural Farming means for all the crops, the production cost will be zero. In the Zero Budget Natural Farming nothing has to be purchased from the outside. All things required for the growth of the plant are available around the root zone of the plants. There is no need to add anything from outside.

Can his concept feed the entire population of India ?


26 comments:

  1. It may attract Indian itellectuals from nonagriculture stream becoz many of them are superspecialists for all the subjects except their own.

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  2. Subhash Palekar is the biggest headache to the agricultural community. He always tries to gain the name and fame. Does he have any scientific evidence that he can prove organic farming is more harmful which was followed by many decades. Those who argue in favor of him are more fools than him. I suggest better concentrate on the main agenda of how to increase the food production in a sustainable manner.

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    1. You please see a Vedeo about this available on net. Even I was confused. What all he hints is one should not burn the dried leaves which will bring down the yield resulting in people being discouraged and again fall prey and resort to chemical forming again.... this is all what he means.

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    2. Scientific evidence is in the death of farmers day by day in India.
      India has been agrarian for let's say 5000 years and none heard that farmers committed suicides till my grand father's era.

      it is the synthetic framing that should show evidence and answers to all these questions.

      All that Palekar says is return the organic matter to the field and spray a little jivamrita.

      Even japanese legendary farmer Fukuoka says more or less the same thing.

      Think with your brain and stop being a sheep.

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  3. nice tecnique to highlight urself while commiting non sence thing

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  4. mr.subhash palekar first of all if u want name and fame than join politics....here dnt misguide indian farmer and agriculturists. Do you have any scientific evidence to prove that organic farming is more dangerous than chemical farming? First, have a bird eye view over indian population growth rate? After that think, can u full all indian people bellies with ur zero budgeting agriculture.ame and fame than join politics....here dnt misguide indian farmer and agriculturists. Do you have any scientific evidence to prove that organic farming is more dangerous than chemical farming? First, have a bird eye view over indian population growth rate? After that think, can u full all indian people bellies with ur zero budgeting agriculture.

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    1. If you know well, good percentage of the crops in the world are devoured by animal (cows, sheep, farm fish and chicken)so that people can eat cattle when the grow.

      Adapting to healthy crops will always benefit men.

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  5. I think chemical farming is not so dangerous as it is projected. Use the chemicals properly and you are okay with it. Frankly; I did not understand what Mr. Palekar wants to state? I am confused with the words! I think what he wants to say is; "by not using chemicals money flow will be reduced (towards capitalists) big corporate!" - Daniel Reuben - Israel

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  6. In essence, Mr Subhash Palekar doesnot understand the meaning of organic farming which eventually lead him to misguide the people in general and Indian farmers in particular notwithstanding the fact that farmers are quite alert and intelligent enough not to be carried away by wayward utterances. He fails to comprehend that Earth is one for organic farming practioners wherever they are in the world. It is an elementary principle that even a school boy/girl can understand that there is nothing like a zero budget even if it means 'Kind' and not 'Cash' since every farming activity should be accounted for in budgeting as is done in a balace sheet of receipts and expenditure. At the most he can call it as 'Zero Cash Farming' when local farm resources alone are being utilized. Literally' the term 'zero budget farming' could mean to suggest that the farmer should not sell his produce to receive cash and instead, should receive 'kind' only.

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    1. you are the best one in misunderstanding essence of one's words.

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  7. I guess his reference to "organic farming" needs to be interpreted correctly. He is only referring to the foregn variety of earth worm: http://palekarzerobudgetnaturalfarming.com/organic.aspx

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    1. and also the foreign variety of cow..

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  8. Subhash Palekarji's ideas like those of other natural farmers and permaculturists are very simple and is modeled on those of natural forests, which are rich, productive and also provide clean water and air. But people who have pesticides, agricultural "expertise" , micro-irrigation equipment , and machines to sell, will always confuse people, by claiming that they get confused by Palekarji's ideas. The best bet would be to verify the claims by visiting the farmers practicing natural farming, and see if it is true. One issue with natural farming is that it takes several years to bring life to the soil, and with some people seeking quick fixes, and convenience, this solution does not appeal to them. But the biggest advantage is that you are left with healthy people, healthy animals, and a healthy, non-poisoned environment.

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  9. In my opinion mr palekar does not has clear understanding of organic farming. Actually what he has explained in zero budget farming are the integral part of organic farming. The formulae stated by mr palekar as seed treatment and fungiside are being practiced by most of the progressive farmers in india. The cow urine is good one and have medical value not for plants but also for human being. Even you can find the importance of cow urine in encient literature also. Actually, the things being stated by mr palekar are very basic things. The calling a person by different name does not change the nature of the person.The use of neem, chillies, ginger, garlic juices is very clearly a part of biocontrol techniques being practiced in organic farming. Actually the need today is to increase the agriculture productivity per unit of land, water and nutrients by applying a sustainable mix of best management practices to the farming. Fertiliser are the food for plants and necessary but the measures to reduce the use of pesticides is the need of hour as many harmful chemicals are entring the food chain. The urea fertiliser contribute about half the quantity of bulk fertiliser on the weight basis. It contains nitrogen, carbon and oxygen and nothing else. Nitrogen is low in indian soils and it is already about 78% in atmosphere. About 94-96 percent part of all the plants is made up of Carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. No one can harm the food chain and environment.

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    1. ZBNF is a system of farming that has two principal aims. The first is to maximize farmer’s self-reliance and autonomy from market forces; the second is to build and manage soil fertility through the conscious design of cropping patterns and,
      The most important is the application of fermented preparation of jivamrita. When applied to soil, jivamrita does not act as a fertilizer –which means it is not meant for plants to absorb. Instead it enhances microbial activity in the soil, which attracts earthworms that bring nutrients from lower levels of earth to top soil. Jivamrita activates soil with very limited human intervention.
      “Farmers do not take single paisa to the market to buy anything.” – Palekar –
      May be some people don’t like the above statement as they have conflict of interest.

      The pillar of ZBNF holds the management of soil fertility, mulching practices, symbiotic inter cropping and

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  10. I am surprised at the criticism without studying what the man is trying to say.

    His argument is against commercialization of agriculture leading to impoverishment of farmers.

    He is not against organic movement, as what he is recommending is organic any way. The whole organics movement as is currently unveiled today pushes farmers to BUY inputs, which he is against. You have to buy inoculums, bacteria cultures, organic pesticides etc. He is against the use of vermiculture and the imported worm which is surface feeder and does not add much value and he quotes research (which i have not validated yet) where part of the castings are supposed to have heavy metals, some of which seem to be 'toxic' to the soil biota and plants according to his study.

    And he is not a typical professor who has not practiced. He researched and practiced and then went about recommending to people.

    If you want to know about his work, go to YouTube and type sharat pendekanti, natural farming, and you will find an endorsement of Mr. Kistappa gowda how Palekar's model enabled him to earn more than 5 times what a small farmer earns per acre. What do you call it? lack of productivity?

    He developed an indigenous microorganism (IMO) culturing method which is low cost and is easy to implement even by semi-literate or illiterate farmers.

    If you are aware of the Bokashi or Master Cho's IMO1,2,3,4 etc., you will appreciate Palekar as our local Master Cho.

    Before rubbishing a person or his work I humbly request that you do some research and come to conclusions.

    Also suggest listen to Dr Elaine Ingham of Rodale Institute on soil food web and soil biology which even the US NRCS is recommending and today the no-till or low till movement is picking momentum even in US what with the scary top soil erosion and the dependence on fossil fuel driven agriculture.

    One should be scared as to what would happen to food security when oil is depleted and becomes costlier and costlier? And the western corporate scientists have no answers yet and seem to go after new chimeras like GMOs etc., without even knowing the impact on mankind.

    The video that is posted on this site is one of the many parts of the video posted on you tube. listen to all of his talks and see the connections.

    His recommendations will lead to sustainable agriculture (since there are no or very low external inputs), develops the biota in the soil and are extremely practical as they depend on the resources available on the farm itself. He also recommends mostly Open Pollinated seeds or Improved OP variety or Selected variety not hybrids which makes a farmer dependent on Seed companies for ever. How many farmers have committed suicides when the seed they bought did not germinate or did not give them what was promised?

    Now is it a crime to help a farmer become independent? Is it wrong if some one helps a farmer earn more money?

    Before coming to sweeping conclusions please do check the total productivity per acre and income per acre under his method v/s the modern or organic agriculture. Again recommending hear the farmer Gowda in his own words as to how much productivity he gets out of 9 square feet!

    His English may not be sophisticated but his thought and package of practices are fairly modern and scientific.

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    1. I guess Balaji you really dint understand what the above all comments say.
      Subash Palekar himself says vermicompost is very dangerous and is against it ,he says if you use vermicompost than humus will evaporate but Elaine Ingham uses vermicompost for making Compost tea. But actually Vermicompost increases the Humus in the soil.

      Fukuoka doesnt use anything he mulches the soil.

      Even Ruth Stout method , Back to Eden Method are towards mulching.

      KNF (Korean Natural Farming) is completely different and is amazing because it studies the cycle of a plant and the soil.

      SO its better we understand what people are saying and then reply.

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  11. Subhash Palekar has over 3 million followers in India and around the world. When he states that organic farming is dangerous, he means that the same companies that are selling chemical farming in India are the same companies that are are selling truckloads of organic fertilizer, when the farmers simply don't need it. He talks about the eisenia fetida worm is not and earth worm and how it destroys humus in the soil and excretes toxic metals. He is showing how those same chemical fertilizer companies are propagating the same agenda under the term organic. Why are they doing this? Simply, they want farmers to be unsuccessful, so they can end up buying up all the land, establishing their own seeds, controlling the whole food supply, making the people eat this low class food, thus making them slow and stupid and controlling everything.

    He is very scientific and he has written many books on the matter.

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  12. Subhash Palekar methods are 100% correct.Agricultural/Pesticide Fools will never understand.if ppl eat Desi food eating 3 times a day is not necessary.one meal will serve all nutrition values require per day more over ppl will become more efficient and keep their places clean like foreign countries.Present non followers of ZBNF are Agents of foreign farming methods/misguided by all wrong economic concepts.what ever may be criticism on palekar his methods are giving life to farmers,who give food 3 times a day.Any stupid criticism on palekar is nothing but killing farmer with comments/words.

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  13. May all be happy...be peaceful...be liberated from all the ignorance by practicing purity of mind.
    And be healthy(mentally and Physically) by eating chemical(Urea, DAP, chemical pesticides and so on) free food.

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  14. Palekar method is right, he has studied on forests and implemented on farms by using some simple techniques as cow urine, cow dung.
    If pesticides and chemicals are required for plants, then how come forests are growing.
    The forests technique is implemented in farming.
    I am started farming palekar method just now.

    Dr Ramchandra reddy (RAM) 8008599227

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  15. Organic farming: Vermicompost thru imported eisenia fetida Worms is made under shade with controlled temperature and humidity and Mulch and dung as raw material. Vermicompost is not suitable for high Indian temperature of 40-48 Deg C , at 23+ temperature Compost releases harmful Carbon and C02 ,add to green house gases and ultimately global warming .Also Fodder /Mulch/Dung is wasted.Organic word again is a trap after fertilisers, and GM seeds to again create dependency on multinationals. ZBNF seems to be the best solution in long term.

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  16. This ZBNF looks like nothing more than another snake oil .. Can anyone tell me why India had to import grains till 1970s ,before green revolution? Wasn't everyone doing ZBNF (albeit unconsciously) till then? And even this ZB is a gimmick here-how can you call it ZB when it takes time ,effort and money to do ZBNF.And we have some people here hwo are so-called ZBNF farmers and they try to sell everything at at least double the rate of market-be it dal,fruits or vegetables .IF it is indeed ZB, then shudn't the rates be less than market rates.

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