Subhash Palekar was born in 1949 in a small village Belora of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in India.

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HewaseducatedinBachelors Degree in Agriculture at Nagpur.

He was surprised that, if he is following the technology of chemical

1 Subhash Palekar was born in 1949 in a small village Belora of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in India. HewaseducatedinBachelors Degree in Agriculture at Nagpur.During Collage Education he was working with tribals about their problems in Satpuda Tribal region. Since , while practicing the chemical farming, his agricultural production was continuously increasing. But, after 1985, it started declining. He was surprised that, if he is following the technology of chemical farming i.e. Green revolution totally, then why the production was decreasing? After searching the causes for three years, he came to the conclusion that, Agriculture science is based on the false philosophy. Some thing is wrong with Green revolution. 1

2 Beginning 1940s in Mexico. MEANING: Renovation of agricultural practices Green Revolution is being called as a revolution. Is it so? Is Green Revolution a revolution? What is meant by revolution? Revolution means creation. Nonviolent creation! Revolution does not mean destruction. It means creation. The aim of revolution is to make saints not evils. Green Revolution is the transformation process of violence. It is not a creation process. It means destruction of millions of microorganisms by means of poisonous chemical fertilizers & insecticides, destruction of birds, soil, water, environment & human health also. The increasing human diseases like Cancer, Aids, Diabetics, and Heart attacks are the outcomes of the Green Revolution. The destruction of the human being! The fertile land which was producing hundred tones of Sugarcane per acre or forty quintals of Wheat peracrehadbecomesobarrenthatevengrass can not be grown on this land. And this happenstothousandsofacrelandinindia.the production had declined to ten tones of Sugarcane and five quintals of Wheat. Then he had started searching alternate technology to chemical farming. During collage life, when he was working in tribal areas, he studied their life style and social structure. He had studied the nature system in the forests. He was surprised, that, in the forest, there is no any human existence and assistance. So also, there are enormous fruits to the big trees of Mango, Ber, Tamarind, Jamulum, Custard apple, Neem, Moha every year in famine also. 2

3 Soalso,thereareenormous fruits to the big trees of Mango, Ber, Tamarind, Jamulum, Custard apple, Neem, Moha every yearin famine also. Then he started the research on the natural growth of those forest trees. During he studied the forest vegetation. He found that, there is a self developing, self nourishing and totally self reliant natural system in the forest, by which all the vegetation and ecosystem is existed without any human existence. He studied that natural system and verified those natural processes of the forest on his farm for six year, since 1989 to1995. There were about 154 research projects during this six year s of research work. After six years of verified research work, he got the package of technique about Zero Budget Natural Farming. He wrote 20 books in Marathi, 4 books in English, 3 books in Hindi. All the books in Marathi are to be translated in all Indian languages.now, his movement has attracted the attention of media, politicians and thinkers towards the real problems of the farmers and rural economy. Now they believe that, there is no alternative for stopping the suicides of the farmers except Zero Budget Natural Farming. Toavailablethepoisonlessfoodtothehuman being, only way is Zero Budget of Natural Farming. More than 30 Lack farmers throughout India are practicing Zero Budget Natural Farming in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Kerla, Punjab, Hariana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bengal, Rajasthan, Gujarat etc. 3

4 Zero Budget spiritual Farming means for all the crops, the production cost will be zero. According to Subhash Palekar,to believe in God means not to believe in the statue of God. Statues are made by the architects. How can it be God? RealGodisSpirit.Natureitselfis God. God s Constitution is Nature. We should see and experience God through Nature. Agriculture which does not destroy the Nature is Zero Budget Spiritual Farming. When I follow this method of Natural Farming,I can say that I work for God. This is how it becomes SBSPF. All the nutrients required for the growth and development of the plant body are not to be supplied by human beings only by God that is spiritual farming. You may think how it is possible? For a plant to grow it needs the help of Panchabhutas, ie Agni (Sun energy) Space Air Water Earth In the Zero Budget Natural Farming nothing has to be purchased from 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. Our soil is prosperous-full of nutrients. 4

5 How much nutrients the crops takes from the soil? Only 1.5 to 2.0 % Remaining 98 to 98.5% nutrients are taken from air, water & solar energy. Agriculture Universities says false that we have to add fertilizers from outside. If 98% crop body is constituted by air and water, then where is the need to add the fertilizers from the outside? Every green leaf produces the food throughout the day. These green leafs are food producing factories. What is used the leaves for producing the food? It takes carbon dioxide & nitrogen from the air, water from the canal, river or well given by the monsoon clouds, and solar energy from the sun for producing the food.. Every green leaf of any plant produces 4.5 gram carbohydrates per square feet surface, from which we get 1.5 gram grains or 2.25 gram fruits. For preparing this food, the plants take necessary elements like air, water and solar energy from the nature, not from us.. Monsoon clouds do not send any bill for the water that he supplied. Neither air sends bill for the nitrogen it supplied or the sun for the solar energy. All these are available free of cost. Whether monsoon clouds use the technology of Agriculture University for giving rainwater? No! All these elements constituting 98% body of the plant are available free of cost. Remaining 1.5% nutrients taken from the soil are also available free of cost as it is taken from the prosperous soil which is enriched with these nutrients. Moreover, for this it does not use the technology of the Agriculture University If this is the ultimate truth, then where is the role of Agriculture University and their technology? Where are the Government and their subsidy? Where are these KrishiPandits? Friends, none of them are existed here, they fool us. Agriculture University says that there is nothing in the soil and we have to add fertilizers from outside 5

. Then my question to them is why it is not necessary in the forest?

fertilizers, insecticides, without any cultivation by tractor, without irrigation.

Even though these trees are giving enormous export quality fruits every year in famine also. That means, for the plants to grow and to give the production there is no necessity of adding from outside.

6 . Then my question to them is why it is not necessary in the forest? In the forest or on the bunds of our farm, there are huge trees of Mango, Tamarind or Plum with uncountable export quality fruits in famine also without any application of chemical or organic fertilizers, insecticides, without any cultivation by tractor, without irrigation. There is no existence of any technology of the Agriculture University, no fertilizers, insecticides, cultivation and irrigation. Even though these trees are giving enormous export quality fruits every year in famine also. That means, for the plants to grow and to give the production there is no necessity of adding from outside. If it the ultimate truth that without adding from outside, the plants grows and give the production. It means that, all the nutrients needed for the growth and production are available around the rootzone.thereisnoneedtoadditfrom outside. Inthe forest, there is no human existence, but, even though the trees are having enormous fruits. That means nature had supplied all the nutrients needed for the plant. Our soil is prosperous-enriched with the nutrients! WhenIsaythatoursoilisenrichedwiththenutrients, then I havetoproveitscientifically. Now wewillsee the scientific evidences for it. In year 1924, Dr. Clark and Dr Washington, the world famous soil scientists came to India in search of crude oil. Barmashell Company sends them in search of petroleum products in India. They taken thesamples of the thousand feet deep soil and tested it at the American laboratory. The result shows that as we go deeper in the soil, the nutrients needed for the growth and production of the plant are in the increasing quantity. Our soil is prosperous-enriched with the nutrients. 6

7 If the scientific evidences say that the soil is enriched with the nutrients, then why Agriculture University says for soil testing? It is also another fraud. The soil testing report says that thereis enoughamount ofpotash in thesoilbutitisinunavailableform.so,addit from outside. Actually, they are not saying false. They say true but half true. Our soil is enriched with nutrients, but these nutrients are notintheform,whichtherootswant. These nutrients are available in the form of grains not in the form of Chapati or Roti. If there is enough amount of grains in your house, but nobody(your wife, mother) to cook it.and youdonot know cooking,then either youhavetobehungryorgotohotel.youwill definitelygotothehotel.ifwedonotwantto gotohotel, then youhave to bring back your mother or wife. These chemical or organic fertilizers are the teefins of the hotel. Thenutrientsinthesoilareintheunavailable form. They are in the form of grains not ChapatiorRoti.Therootscannottakeitinthis form. Therefore, the soil testing report says that it is in the unavailable form. This non-available form is converted to available form by the millions of micro-organisms. In the forest, these micro-organisms are present in tremendous amount (One crore or lack per gram soil) that convert these non-available form nutrients into available form and make available to the plants.thatiswhythereisnoneedtoaddany fertilizers from outside in the forest. However, in our farm these nutrients are not available because the micro-organisms which convert these non-available from nutrients into available from are destroyed by means of poisonous chemical and organic fertilizers, insecticides, weedicides and cultivation by the tractor. If these cooks are destroyed them how the roots will get the nutrients?that means if wewanttostoptheteefinsfromthehotel,then we have to re-establish these micro-organisms inthesoil.howitcanbedone? By applying the cow dung of our local cow.thecowdungofthelocalcow isa miraculous culture. As our mother or wife add a spoon curd (culture) to the pot full of milk and whole milk is converted into curd. Likewise, the local cowdungisaculture.onegramofcow dung contains about 300 to 500 crore beneficial effective microbes. How much cow dung is needed for one-acre land?ihaddoneresearchonthisforsixyears.i had studied all Indian cow breeds like Gaulao, Lal Kandhari, Khilar, Deoni, Dangi, Nimari from Maharashtra; Gir, Tharparkar, Sahiwal, Redsindhi from West India; Amrutmahal, Krishna kathi, from South India and Hariyana from North India.Ihave tested the cow dung andurineofallthesebreedsoneverycrop,in each Naxatra, in each Charana of each Naxatra. After six years of research, I found some conclusions. 7

8 First conclusion is that only cow dung of our local cow is effective not of Jersey or Holstein. We can mix halfcow dung and halfthe dung of bullock or buffalo, but not of Jersey or Holstein at any cost. Secondly, the cow dung andurineofblack coloredkapila cow ismost effective. Thirdly, the cow dung should be used as fresh as possible and the urine as old as possible. It is more effective. Fourthly, only one cowisneededforthirtyacresofland. You need not have to purchase the F.Y.M., chemical or organic fertilizers like compost, vermi-compost etc. My six years experimental result says that for one acre land, only ten kilogram of local cow dung is sufficient per month. One local cow gives on an average about11kgofcowdung,onebullockabout13 Kgofdungandonebuffaloabout15Kgdung per day. For one acre one day s cow dung is enough. That means thirty days cow dung for thirty acres. There is no need to purchase the F.Y.M. in bulk quantity. I started thinking, what should be added in the cow dung? I examined the forest. I found there the excreta of the animals, birds, earthworms, insects and their urine around that huge tree with uncountable export quality fruits.i thought there must be definitely some relation between the excreta of the animals, birds, insects, earthworms with the production and growth of the plant. One gram of local cow dung contains 300 to 500 crore beneficial effective microbes. These micro-organisms decompose the dried biomass on the soil and get available the nutrients to the plants. Nature uses the dung and urine of the various animals, birds, insects and earthworms in his self-developing, selfnourishing system. That means the use of cow dung and urine is very natural and hence scientific. I found in the shadow of that huge tree in the forest, few insects like ants working there. But in the shadow only, not outside the shadow. I examined and studied this nature s self-developing, selfnourishing system for six years. fantastic. 8

9 I saw that some sweeteners are secreted from the roots to attract the micro-organisms. In addition, these micro-organisms get available the nutrients from thesoiltotherootzone.thereis symbiosis in the nature. Science had proved this. Nature uses the sweeteners to attract the microbes,thenwhynotweuse it?i thought why not to add some sweeteners with cow dung? I started adding Jaggery with the cow dung and urine and examined its effects on each crop in each Naxatra. The results were fantastic. Ifoundthevariousvegetationinthe shadow of that huge tree in the forest. I verified those vegetations. I found 268 different species. Among them 3 parts were dicots and onepart monocots. I surprised! Why this proportion 3:1? I thought that the dicot contains proteins and proteins are saturated with solar energy.the maturedseedfallsdown.theyare decomposed and the energy enclosed in it gets available to the micro-organisms and the micro-organisms are multiplied. I thought why should not add the dicot flourtothecowdung,urineandjaggery. I started experimenting with cow dung, urine, Jaggery and dicot flour in different proportions. I found after continuous six years experiments one formula, which I named as Jiwamrita. I had used those things in the Jiwamrita that the nature uses. For preparing Jiwamrita,wehavetousedungand urineofourlocalcowsonlyandnot of Jersey or Holstein. I had used those things in the Jiwamrita that the nature uses. For preparing Jiwamrita, we have to use dung and urine of our local cows only and not of Jersey or Holstein. Because the Jersey or Holstein is not cow,itisadifferentanimal. 9

It has not a single character of cow (Zebu Family).

use half of Bullock or Buffalo, but not alone of

10 It has not a single character of cow (Zebu Family). In my experiments of Jiwamrita, I found some conclusions. Firstly, we have to use thedungandurineofthelocalcowonly.ifitis not available in sufficient quantity, you can use half of Bullock or Buffalo, but not alone of Bullock or Buffalo. Secondly, the cow that gives more milk,its dung and urine is less effective andwhichgiveslessmilk,itsdungandurineis more effective. 10

Water 20 lits. Local cow doung 5kg Local cow urine 5lits. Lime 50 gm.

11 1. Bijamritam 2. Jivamritam 3. Mulching(Puthaydal) 4. Vapasa(Aeration and moisture in the soil) How to Prepare Bijamritam? Water 20 lits. Local cow doung 5kg Local cow urine 5lits. Lime 50 gm. Pure soil 1 handfull. Take 5 Kg Local Cow Dung in a cloth and bound it by tape. Hang this in the 20 Literwater up to 12 hours. 11

Take one liter water and add 50 gm lime in it,

all essence of cow dung will accumulate in that

12 Take one liter water and add 50 gm lime in it, let it stable for a night. Then next morning, squeeze this bundle of the cow dung in that water thrice continuously, so that all essence of cow dung will accumulate in that water. Then add a handful of soil in that water solution and stir it well. 12

13 Then add 5 liter Deshicow urine or human urine in that solution & add the lime water and stir it well. Now Bijamrita is ready to treat the seeds. How to use Bijamritam 13

14 Water 200 lits. DeshiCow doung 10kg Urine 5-10 lits Horcegram/chana/jack fruit seed 2kg Jaggary(black)/any fruit without souer-2kg Pure soil one hand full 1 plastic container which can contain 200 lits. of water Keep above mentioned things together in the container and stair it well. Keep it in the shade and cover with chana chakku Stare it clock-wise for 2 minutes three times a day After 48 hours jivamritamis ready for the plants. Use and finish it within 7days. When we pour Jiwamrutamto the soil, corers of Microbs( sushmanus) are being send to the soil. Though there is enough nutrients in the soil,the roots are not able to take it. Morobs(Sushmanus) help to take all the nutriants,nitragon,phosperous,potash,iron kalsiam Jiwamrutamhas got a very good smell. This smell attracts the earth worms from 15 feet down from the earth. Soil Mulching Straw mulching Live mulching Soil-When we loosen the mud with marapalaka,soil becomes new. Because of sufficient moisture and heat existing the soil,sushmanus continue their work in the soil. 14

15 We can use anything for mulching after the harvest. eg;:paddy,wheat,beans,sugarcane etc.mulchingshould be done so that sunlight not straight away go to the earth. Planting other crops together with main crop like Coconut,banana,aracnut,cardamom,Rubberetc. that is called live mulching. It is not sufficient to plant the trees after treating the seeds with bijamritam and pour jivamritambutsavethe soilfrom sun lightby mulching.whenwedolikethisfreeflowofair and moisture is happening at the same time. 15

THE TRUTH ABOUT GREEN REVOLUTION The Devastating Indian Experience

THE TRUTH ABOUT GREEN REVOLUTION The Devastating Indian Experience Mr. Subhash Palekar The Author Friends, Green Revolution is being called a revolution. Is it so? Is Green Revolution a revolution? What is meant by revolution? Revolution means creation. Non-violent creation!