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For attaining the above, the basic need is to amalgamate cow based farming and the traditional farming format, and repurpose the same through the above techniques to achieve chemical and pesticide free land. As crop rotations increase, the crop and land quality increasingly enhance for succeeding crops.

In chemically grown crops, there is no resistance power, so the crops are severely damaged. In Subhash Palekar Krushi (SPK), we create resistance power in the crops, so are not damaged. The God has a miracle gift to all living beings including plants, trees, and vines also that is resistance power. In chemical farming, residues of chemical fertilizers, chemical insecticides, and herbicides are deposited in the cells of plant or tree as toxic garbage, this poison (toxins) destroy the resistance power of plant body and they suffer by severe insect attack and disease attack. In Subhash Palekar Krushi (SPK), the humus is created in the soil, this humus donate resistance power to the crops, plant body and fruit trees. So, no any insect attack or disease attack, if technology of Subhash Palekar Krushi (SPK) is followed 100%.

There is another defense force of God to save the plants from enemy insects that is friend insects (predators), which destroy harmful insects. The proportion of friend insect is minimum and the proportion of enemy insects is maximum. But single friend insect kill thousands of harmful insects. In Subhash Palekar Krushi, we take specific intercrops like Marigold, Cowpea, Maize, Castor, Fenugreek, Coriander, Bengal gram, Onion flowers, and Pigeon pea. Holy basil, Beans, Black gram, Radish, Pearl millet (Bajra), Drumstick, which attract the friend insects and honey bees, these friend insects control automatically harmful insects. It is called biological control system.

Exploring the Important Role of Subhash Palekar Krushi

In  the  green  revolution  era,  the  plant  protection  chemicals  including  all  pesticides  like  fungicides,  insecticides, weedicides were used extensively to protect plants from pest and diseases. The argument behind using pesticide is that with the intensive agriculture, the problems of insect pests and diseases are taking complex shape and posing serious challenges. So the use of pesticides during last few decades has emerged as one of the essential agro-inputs to increase and sustain crop yields. Scientific surveys and evidences indicate that particles of pesticides, sprayed or used over crops leave  un dissolved  and  harmful  elements  which  are  transferred  to  human  and  other  living  bodies  through  grains, vegetables, fruits and grasses, causing a number of diseases, ailments and harmful effects on our health. To overcome the ill effects of chemical based farming, Organic farming was advocated. But organic farming is also proving to be costly and farmers are again falling in trap of industry. Thus a more sustainable farming system is required which can enhance farm income and also reduce dependence on external inputs.

Subhash Palekar Krushi is a revolutionary approach that prioritizes environmental sustainability, natural resource conservation and the production of nutritious food. Subhash Palekar Krushi practices minimizes the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, reducing pollution and preserving the natural ecosystem. This explores the positive environmental impact of farming, including soil health, biodiversity and climate change mitigation.

Subhash Palekar Krushi produces nutrient-dense food that is free from harmful chemicals (like Arsenic, Cadmium, Chromium, Mercury, Nickel, and Lead). This farming enhanced nutritional profile of Natural produce, including higher levels of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals compared to conventionally grown foods. Subhash Palekar Krushi can be a profitable and sustainable business model. This examines the economic benefits of farming, including premium pricing, reduced input costs, and increased market demand for Natural products.

The Social Impact of Subhash Palekar Krushi promotes community engagement, fair labor practices, and social equity. This explores the positive social impact of farming, including improved rural livelihoods, community empowerment, and ethical food production. Subhash Palekar Krushi is the Future and a key component of Sustainable Agriculture.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi has published a big English book – Hand book of Agriculture, Edition October 2013, 6th edition, in this book on page no 78, it is written that many fertilizers, phosphoric fertilizers contains so many poisonous heavy metals like Arsenic, Cadmium, Chromium, Mercury, Nickel, Lead, which accumulate in the soil and cause long term effects on crop yield, quality, also, which damage soil micro flora. So, it is the 100% scientific evidence given by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, to prove that chemical farming and organic (commercial) farming both are dangerous.

Benefits and Objectives of Subhash Palekar Krushi –

Below are some of the major Benefits and Objectives of Subhash Palekar Krushi :

Nutritional Powerhouse of Subhash Palekar Krushi (SPK)

Principles of Subhash Palekar Krushi:

Facts about Subhash Palekar Krushi :

A few important details about Subhash Palekar Krushi are given in the table below :

Cropping Models of Subhash Palekar Krushi

The approach is based on producing polycultures, or short- and long-term (main crop) crops together, in order to recover the cost of raising the main crops from the income from the short-term crops, resulting in “zero” spending for the main crop. Accordingly, the term “Zero Budget Natural Farming” is used formly for this farming model.

State Govts. following Subhash Palekar Krushi Officially –

Government  of  Himachal  Pradesh  has  decided  to  implement  an  innovative  technique  of  Subhash  Palekar Natural Farming (SPNF) under a new scheme called “PRAKRITIK KHETI KHUSHHAL KISSAN”  to reduce cost of cultivation and enhanced farm income for the comprehensive and long term welfare and prosperity of farmers and to safeguard them from the adverse climate effects. The scheme has been announced by the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of H.P. in the Budget speech for the year 2018-19 and a budget provision of Rs. 25 crores has been made for the financial year 2018-19.

Thus to reduce cost of cultivation and enhanced farm income, Department of Agriculture Himachal Pradesh has decided to implement Subhash Palekar Natural farming (SPNF) under new scheme called “PRAKRITIK KHETI KHUSHHAL KISSAN”

            There are several states practicing Subhash Palekar Krushi by name of Subhash Palekar Natural Farming. Prominent among them are Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

• Karnataka: In every one of the state’s ten agro climatic zones, Karnataka has begun implementing the Natural Farming on a pilot basis in an area of 2000 hectares through the relevant State Agriculture/Horticulture Universities as demonstrations/scientific experiments conducted in farmers’ fields and in the research facilities of the respective universities.
• Himachal Pradesh: Since May 2018, Himachal Pradesh has been implementing the “PRAKRITIK KHETI KHUSHHAL KISSAN” program, which is financed by the state. The results of studies carried out by the state demonstrated that Natural Farming practice improved soil quality within a single cropping season and that invasive leaf miner incidence was much lower in the Natural Farming system when compared to conventional farming.
• Kerala :  In order to pique farmers’ interest in Natural Farming, awareness campaigns, workshops, and training sessions are being held in Kerala.
• Andhra Pradesh : Natural Farming was introduced by Andhra Pradesh in September 2015 as part of the Rashtriya Krushi Vikas Yojana. In partnership with the University of Reading, the UK World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, FAO, and resource NGOs/Civil Society Organizations such as the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA), Hyderabad.
• Gujrat : In Budget 2020–21, special financial assistance was announced for promoting Natural Farming practices under the Gujarat Atma Nirbhar package. Further, on 17 September 2020, two schemes were launched—Sat Pagla Khedut Kalyanna and Pagala for Natural Farming—by the Governor of Gujarat Shri Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Shri Vijaybhai Rupani. During the launch, sanction letters were issued to beneficiaries. About 26,957 farmers participated in the launch event.

Marketing of Produce from Subhash Palekar Krushi

• Now post Covid-19 pandemic everyone knows the value of immunity & products those have natural values, consumers are willing to pay for authenticate natural products however in market demand needs to be generated by gaining trust of consumers.
• We shall be highlighting the disadvantages of consuming vegetables grown by traditional methods.

The indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is a threat to soil and environment. This has adversely impacted the crop response ratio and created an imbalance of nutrients in the soil. The crop response ratio has reduced from 58 percent in the last six decades. The ideal ratio of the three major plant nutrients, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium of 4:2:1 is disrupted.         

              We shall be launching marketing campaigns at targeted societies & will be communicating the advantages of  “Subhash Palekar Krushi Products” over produce by other traditional methods.

Our agriculture marketing involves below system:

• Assembling : Assembling is the process of gathering produce in one place.
• Grading : Sorting of produce.
• Washing : Washing the produce.
• Packaging : Sorting & packing of vegetables as per order received with Quality packaging.
• Storage : Packaged orders kept in cold room for transportation.
• Transportation : Transportation of packaged orders in refrigerated vehicles to society.
• Distribution : Distributed to consumers via delivery boys.

Revenue Model:

We are going to make tie-ups with Residential housing societies. We would be approaching our end consumers with our Qualified and Trained sales team individually by giving our pre packed samples of our produce to the society member i.e. B2C to educate them the benefits of using “Natural Farming Produce”.  We would also make a database of each consumer of their buying habits & average consumption of every household vegetable, this will help us to grow & seamless supply of vegetables to the client.

As we would be getting orders online, we will also educate our consumers the process of order booking mostly.  We shall be using “QUICK COMMERCE PLATFORM”, for this platform or we will develop an Android and IOS application as per consumer needs. We will also have a dedicated call center to interact with consumers.

Once orders are received our application, team will sort, wash & pack the orders at our facility only & shall be transported via refrigerated vehicle to keep the orders fresh. Once the vehicle reaches the society our delivery man will deliver the orders to the consumers.

Successful business-to-consumer (B2C) marketing and commerce is about building digital into the organization itself. It is an approach fueled by the ability to move quickly and easily by leveraging digital technology and tools. As the transfer of consumer demand from offline to online pathways accelerates, direct-to-consumer e-commerce has become crucial for B2C businesses. Investment in data and digital enables the whole organization to collaborate and deliver exceptional customer experiences. It optimizes opportunities to acquire new customers, and enhances engagement with existing customers while reducing operational costs.

We are in talking with societies with high income group. Since we shall be doing business Aim B2C channel, we shall be saving good margin of money that we can offer to our clients as we are selling directly to consumers & there in no role of “Traders”, “Wholesalers” & “Retailers”.

With this channel we can increase our profit margins & also make various schemes for consumers for to promote sales.

Our target is to make more clients which are our regular customers in a year, to service our customers we need to develop infrastructure at our farms, this includes such as Go downs, Irrigation, Watershed development, Rural electrification, roads system, cold storage etc.

Post Covid-19 pandemic everyone has realized the importance of nature & naturally grown products, we are also focusing on creating market, where consumers can have naturally grown vegetables with efficient infrastructure & distribution network with no side effects delivered at their door steps.