Tag: Palekar
The Apostle of Zero Budget Farming
It was a proud moment for Subash Palekar, a farmer in Belora village in the district of Amaravati, Maharashtra, after winning Padmashri for his Zero Budget Natural Farming Model back in 2016. Subash Palekar, a BSc graduate in Agriculture, was known as ‘Krishi ka Rishi’ by fellow farmers. Palekar had always kept this in mind that using chemical fertilizers is not only bad for health but also result in a drop in the yield. Palekar religiously researched about the concept of zero farming and only after 3 long years of research he could find that the chemical fertilizers are spoiling ... Read more