Three years ago, she switched to natural farming. Systemic transformation in agricultural systems must put the farmer at the centre. For such large-scale experiments, even failures (if properly measured and investigated) can yield insights about conditions under which natural farming succeeds. Are natural fertilisers sufficiently available, at lower costs, to ensure that farmers do not mix natural with chemical inputs? Does the programme trigger a circular economy, whereby natural farming draws on distributed energy services, which, in turn, support sustainable water management?

Source: Hindustan Times April 02, 2019 15:00 UTC