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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 :
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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 “
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 ]
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11 Nov 2017
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