Vijay Kumar Thallam - The man behind the Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) in Andhra Pradesh. He is the prime mover behind the implementation of Zero budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) in the State.
He has driven the Society for Elimination for Rural Poverty (SERP) as the CEO for 10 years, Mr. Vijaya Kumar has launched a state-wide programme for empowerment for rural women through self help groups. After his superannuation, He has joined the Government of Andhra Pradesh as Advisor in the implementation of ZBNF.
Mr. Vijaya Kumar began by holding a series of awareness meetings on natural farming in which Subhash Palekar, often referred as the father of ZBNF, was present. The idea of natural farming soon caught on the attention of farmers. The number of farmers practising the natural farming close to 5.8 lakh farmers in 3,011 villages.
