India’s agroecology programme, ‘Zero Budget Natural Farming’, delivers biodiversity and economic benefits without lowering yields

Iris Berger; Ajit Kamble; Oscar Morton; Varsha Raj; Sayuj R. Nair; David P. Edwards; Hannah S. Wauchope; Viral Joshi; Parthiba Basu; Barbara Smith; Lynn V. Dicks

doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02849-7

India’s agroecology programme, ‘Zero Budget Natural Farming’, delivers biodiversity and economic benefits without lowering yields

Iris Berger
, Ajit Kamble
, Oscar Morton
, Varsha Raj
, Sayuj R. Nair
, David P. Edwards
, Hannah S. Wauchope
, Viral Joshi
, Parthiba Basu
, Barbara Smith
, Lynn V. Dicks

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2057-2068
Journal	Nature Ecology & Evolution
Volume	9
Issue number	11
Early online date	19 Sept 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02849-7
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2025

Access to Document

10.1038/s41559-025-02849-7Licence: Creative Commons: Attribution (CC-BY)

FinalFinal published version, 4.93 MBLicence: Creative Commons: Attribution (CC-BY)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02849-7Licence: Creative Commons: Attribution (CC-BY)

Cite this

Berger, I., Kamble, A., Morton, O., Raj, V., Nair, S. R., Edwards, D. P., Wauchope, H. S., Joshi, V., Basu, P., Smith, B., & Dicks, L. V. (2025). India’s agroecology programme, ‘Zero Budget Natural Farming’, delivers biodiversity and economic benefits without lowering yields. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 9(11), 2057-2068. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02849-7

@article{95dc020d134342ee8c03ee47c845cbef,

title = "India{\textquoteright}s agroecology programme, {\textquoteleft}Zero Budget Natural Farming{\textquoteright}, delivers biodiversity and economic benefits without lowering yields",

author = "Iris Berger and Ajit Kamble and Oscar Morton and Varsha Raj and Nair, \{Sayuj R.\} and Edwards, \{David P.\} and Wauchope, \{Hannah S.\} and Viral Joshi and Parthiba Basu and Barbara Smith and Dicks, \{Lynn V.\}",

year = "2025",

month = nov,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1038/s41559-025-02849-7",

language = "English",

volume = "9",

pages = "2057--2068",

journal = "Nature Ecology \& Evolution",

issn = "2397-334X",

publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",

number = "11",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - India’s agroecology programme, ‘Zero Budget Natural Farming’, delivers biodiversity and economic benefits without lowering yields

AU - Berger, Iris

AU - Kamble, Ajit

AU - Morton, Oscar

AU - Raj, Varsha

AU - Nair, Sayuj R.

AU - Edwards, David P.

AU - Wauchope, Hannah S.

AU - Joshi, Viral

AU - Basu, Parthiba

AU - Smith, Barbara

AU - Dicks, Lynn V.

PY - 2025/11/1

Y1 - 2025/11/1

U2 - 10.1038/s41559-025-02849-7

DO - 10.1038/s41559-025-02849-7

M3 - Article

SN - 2397-334X

VL - 9

SP - 2057

EP - 2068

JO - Nature Ecology & Evolution

JF - Nature Ecology & Evolution

IS - 11

ER -