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{ Source for the following info : Hindustan Times / 10  Nov }

“ For farmers in Punjab, it’s a 20 million tonne-a-year issue “

Extract :

·         About 3 million acres are cultivated for paddy in Punjab and 20 million tonnes of stubble are generated every year

·         Harvesters skim from the top and leave 80 % of the paddy plant – 6” to 8” long – on the field

·         Since farmers need to sow wheat within a fortnight of harvesting paddy, they burn the straw , or paraali , to save time, labour and money

·         As per Manjeet Singh Makkar ( Head , Farm Machinery and Power Engineering Department , Punjab Agricultural University ) , following are three solutions :

     #  Straw Chopper – cum- Spreader

         This machine chops the stubble and mixes it in the soil either with the help of

         water or a rotavator

    #   Straw Management System and a “ Happy Seeder “

        It cuts the straw into small pieces and scatters it evenly . Next , a Happy Seeder

       mounted on a tractor can be used to sow Wheat and put the cut straw over the area

       as mulch, which improves soil fertility . The two machines cost Rs 1.25 lakhs

   #   A Baler , which bales the straw .

       These can be used in power plants or card-board factories

       “ Given a choice between a box of match-sticks and machinery worth Rs 2 lakhs , what will you choose ? “ , asked Billa Singh , a farmer in Phagwara

Now consider this :

·         Between harvesting paddy and sowing wheat, there is a 15 day window

·         One pair of machines ( described above ) can work 6 / 7 acres/day

·         That is 100 acres in 15 days ( with one pair )

·         Paddy Stalk needs to be removed from 30 lakh acres, in 15 days

·         That means , Punjab needs 30,000 pairs of machines ( for 15 days )

·         One pair costs Rs 2 lakhs

·         So , 30,000 pairs will cost Rs 60,000 lakhs ( Rs 600 crores )

·         In Maharashtra , nearly 80 lakh farmers will get farm-loan waiver amounting to Rs 34,000 crores

·         In UP , 12 lakh farmers got farm-loan waiver of Rs 36,000 crore

·         Who can believe that Shri Amrinder Singhji ( CM – Punjab ) cannot find Rs 600 crore to create a FARM HELP SPV , which will own those 30,000 machines and let farmers rent out @ Rs 10 / day ?

   

And , through this method ( # 1 above ) , can we assure the farmers that their,

·         soil will become more FERTILE

·         YIELD will go up by 100 %

·         Income will rise dramatically ,

as the farmers of Maharashtra are discovering , using SRT farming method developed by Chandrashekar Bhadsavle ?

I urge Shri Amrinder Singhji to read the following :

“ A Maharashtra Farmer’s AgriTech Holds Promise for Delhi’s Pollution Woes “

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/this-farmers-agri-technology-can-help-solve-indias-pollution-woes/articleshow/61600114.cms

And can someone figure out how to combine this [ SRT ] with the following technology from China to provide a powerful incentive to the Punjab farmers to stop burning paddy stalk ?

Garbage is Green Gold { 3G }  [  10  Sept  2016  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/09/garbage-is-green-gold-3g.html

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11  Nov  2017

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