CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Subash Palekar (Indian Agriculturist and Padma Shri Recipient) is the father of Zero Budget Natural Farming. He developed it in the mid-1990s as an alternative to the Green Revolution methods.

Detailed explanation-2: -The original pioneer was Karnataka, where the ZBNF was adopted as a movement by a State farmers’ association, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha.

Detailed explanation-3: -Currently, only around 12 states - Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana, Sikkim, Bihar, Karnataka, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh - have their own state organic certification agencies accredited by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).