Baburao Pacharne
Baburao Pacharne was an Indian politician, who was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2019 and also from 2004 to 2009. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Pacharne represented the Shirur, Maharashtra as a MLA. He foresaw the possibility of implementing organic farming in the Shirur Taluka. Pacharne messaged to all farmers to be given use of a formula of zero budget natural farming. He had a keen interest in researching new techniques related to natural farming. This resulted in the emergence of "Shivtara Zero Budget Natural Farming at Shirur".