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ArticleNature ecology & evolution2025

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 and 1 more

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Article in Nature ecology & evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Agroecology benefits people and planet.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Iris BergerDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. irisberger1996@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3943-6410
Ajit KambleIndependent Researcher, Mumbai, India.
Oscar MortonConservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5483-4498
Varsha RajIndependent Researcher, Mumbai, India.
Sayuj R NairIndependent Researcher, Mumbai, India.
David P EdwardsConservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8562-3853
Hannah S WauchopeGlobal Change Institute, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5370-4616
Viral JoshiIndian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Parthiba BasuCentre for Agroecology and Pollination Studies, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8942-0161
Barbara SmithCentre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0506-0331
Lynn V DicksDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8304-4468

Funding

RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NE/N014472/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Global Biodiversity Framework promotes agroecological farming approaches

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AgricultureBiodiversityConservation of Natural ResourcesAgroecologyAnimalsBirdsCrops, AgriculturalIndia

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PMID40973809
PMCPMC12592218

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