In this article, based on his ethnography in Wayanad, Kerala, and textual analysis of statements by the inventor of the ferment Subhash Palekar, he unpacks its recipe ingredient by ingredient and show that fermenting the Nectar of Life enacts a microbial ontology of agriculture.
The Nectar of Life: Fermentation, Soil Health, and Bionativism in Indian Natural Farming by Daniel Münster
In September 2021, Daniel Münster published his article "The Nectar of Life: Fermentation, Soil Health, and Bionativism in Indian Natural Farming" on fermented preparation by practitioners of Zero Budget Natural Farming in India on the journal of Current Anthropology.
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