Close X
Thursday, November 28, 2024
ADVT 
India

No Stubble-Burning For 17 Years, Punjab Farmer Says He Has Technique

IANS, 17 Oct, 2018 05:53 PM
    A farmer in Punjab has claimed he has been sowing wheat directly into the hard soil of his fields without burning crop residue since 2001 and getting up to 2.5 quintals of higher crop yield per acre, a feat that the authorities said could encourage other farmers to do the same.
     
     
    Surjeet Singh of Sadhugarh village in Fatehegarh Sahib district showed on Tuesday his farming techniques called 'super straw management system' in the presence of the district deputy commissioner Shiv Dular Singh Dhillon.
     
     
    Appreciating Mr Singh's efforts, the deputy commissioner said the administration would take steps to encourage farmers in the state to follow his ways of farming.
     
     
    Air pollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region in winter has been blamed on stubble-burning in Haryana and Punjab.
     
     
    Under the straw management system, wheat can be sowed directly in hard soil with the help of a seeder machine and without burning the stubble and tilling the land afresh, said Mr Singh.
     
     
    It saves the cost of diesel for tilling the land, he said, adding farmers don't even need the pre-sowing irrigation and end up having higher crop yield from 2 to 2.5 quintal.
     
    Farmers get higher crop yield because the residue paddy stubble serves as nutrient for the new crop on decomposition, he said, adding that one does not need pre-sowing tilling and irrigation either as the seeds can be directly drilled into hard soil.
     
    This farming also tackles the problem of falling water table in the area as post-sowing, the crop can be watered by rain guns just for 40 minutes per acre, he said.
     
     
    Mr Singh said he has never burnt paddy straw since 2001 and is constantly practising resource conservation technology to manage crop residue produced on his 45 acres farm.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    3 Terrorists Stole Rifles, Wanted To Kill Parkash Singh Badal, Say Police

    3 Terrorists Stole Rifles, Wanted To Kill Parkash Singh Badal, Say Police
    Amrat Singh, Gurjan and Karan Singh, linked to terrorist group Khalistan Liberation Front, were wanted for looting rifles and ammunition from two policemen on October 2 in UP's Shamli district.

    3 Terrorists Stole Rifles, Wanted To Kill Parkash Singh Badal, Say Police

    Newly-Weds Donate Rs 5 Lakh Collected As ‘Shagun’ To Chandigarh NGO For Special Kids

    Making a charitable start to their married life, newly-weds Karan and Harleen have donated ‘shagun’ of over Rs 5 lakh to the Chandigarh-based Umeed, an NGO, involved in the welfare of special children.

    Newly-Weds Donate Rs 5 Lakh Collected As ‘Shagun’ To Chandigarh NGO For Special Kids

    Akhilesh Yadav Slams Yogi Govt Over Proposed Move To Rename Allahabad As 'Prayagraj'

    Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Monday attacked the Yogi Adityanath government's proposed move to rename Allahabad as Prayagraj, stating that the present dispensation wanted to show their work only by "renaming".

    Akhilesh Yadav Slams Yogi Govt Over Proposed Move To Rename Allahabad As 'Prayagraj'

    Bishop Franco Granted Conditional Bail In Kerala Nun Rape Case

    Bishop Franco Granted Conditional Bail In Kerala Nun Rape Case
    Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of sexually abusing a nun between 2014 and 2016, was on Monday granted conditional bail by the Kerala High Court.   

    Bishop Franco Granted Conditional Bail In Kerala Nun Rape Case

    ‘If You Are Not In Suit-Boot You Are Not PM’s Bhai’, Rahul At MP Rally

    ‘If You Are Not In Suit-Boot You Are Not PM’s Bhai’, Rahul At MP Rally
    Repeating his ‘suit-boot’ jibe at Narendra Modi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged there is no place for the poor in the prime minister’s heart, adding, “If you are not in suit-boot you are not PM’s bhai”.

    ‘If You Are Not In Suit-Boot You Are Not PM’s Bhai’, Rahul At MP Rally

    Man Kills Himself, Note Says Woman Pestered Him For Sex: Police

    Man Kills Himself, Note Says Woman Pestered Him For Sex: Police
    Sachin Mitkari, who worked in a hospital at Parbhani along with the woman, was found hanging from the ceiling of his house on the Parbhabni-Vasmat road Sunday, police said.

    Man Kills Himself, Note Says Woman Pestered Him For Sex: Police