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(1/4) To encourage farmers to stop #stubbleburning, Udhami Kisan self-help group in Khosa Pando village of #Punjab's Moga district set a unique agro-machinery bank. 
(2/4) This bank provides agro-machinery -- such as Mulcher, Happy Seeder, Bailer, Zero Drill and Roto Seeder -- at a nominal rent to manage crop residues, particularly #paddy #stubble.
(3/4) The impact has been amazing. Instead of burning stubble, 90% of the village's farmers have started ploughing the paddy residue back into the soil, improving soil fertility and increasing the next yield.
(1/5) A resident of #Punjab's Burj Deva Singh village, Gurbachan Singh, stopped burning the crop waste on his farm 20 years ago -- long before stubble burning was recognized as one of the primary causes of the smog that chokes #Delhi-NCR in winter.
(2/5) Making it his life’s mission, he even made the family of his sons' in-law take a pledge to shun stubble burning before marriage.
They endorse it too. I even gifted my daughters a machine known as Happy Seeder that cuts the old crop and sows the new seeds.
They endorse it too. I even gifted my daughters a machine known as Happy Seeder that cuts the old crop and sows the new seeds.
(3/5) The mulch it leaves enriches the soil, he says.
Gurbachan also has 40 farmers in and around his village to shun #stubbleburning and adopt his technique. His contribution has also been acknowledged by the Tarn Taran district office.
Gurbachan also has 40 farmers in and around his village to shun #stubbleburning and adopt his technique. His contribution has also been acknowledged by the Tarn Taran district office.
(1/5) Every year, millions of tons of farm #stubble and crop waste are burned in India — resulting in toxic, air-polluting #smog.
(2/5) Founded by #Pune-based siblings Shubham Singh and Himansha Singh, the #startup #Craste helps prevent this from happening by buying the stubble from farmers and creating products like tree-free #packaging and formaldehyde-free particle boards used to build #furniture.
(3/5) Craste does this through a patented proprietary process - Fumasolv - that separates three main components from crop waste, which are cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose.
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How did Punjab fare w.r.t #paddy #straw burning this year !
This year burnt area is 14.88 lakh hectares Vs 14.17 lakh hectares paddy acreage burnt till Nov 20, last year
Till Nov 21, Punjab recorded 49,526 farm fire incidents Vs 70,879 field fire cases during last year.
How did Punjab fare w.r.t #paddy #straw burning this year !
This year burnt area is 14.88 lakh hectares Vs 14.17 lakh hectares paddy acreage burnt till Nov 20, last year
Till Nov 21, Punjab recorded 49,526 farm fire incidents Vs 70,879 field fire cases during last year.
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17 ways to manage & utilize paddy #stubble?
6 under in-situ management & 11 under ex-situ management ways #paddy #straw. In in-situ method, Happy Seeder, Super Seeder, Smart Seeder, Paddy straw chopper/Mulcher, Spatially modified zero-till-drill, & Zero-till-drill r used
17 ways to manage & utilize paddy #stubble?
6 under in-situ management & 11 under ex-situ management ways #paddy #straw. In in-situ method, Happy Seeder, Super Seeder, Smart Seeder, Paddy straw chopper/Mulcher, Spatially modified zero-till-drill, & Zero-till-drill r used
While in ex-situ method of #paddy straw management, the straws are collected manually and through baler and rake machines after chopping them with other available machines and can be used for 11 different purposes.
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#Stubble burning continues because of the short window between paddy harvesting & wheat sowing in #Punjab.
Now, there is a silver lining.
A new low-cost, environment-friendly & revolutionary method of paddy stubble management & wheat sowing has been introduced by PAU !
#Stubble burning continues because of the short window between paddy harvesting & wheat sowing in #Punjab.
Now, there is a silver lining.
A new low-cost, environment-friendly & revolutionary method of paddy stubble management & wheat sowing has been introduced by PAU !
This method, propagated by Punjab Agri University will lessen the cost of stubble management & wheat sowing by three to four times as compared to the conventional method, experts said, adding that it can – if put into effect – halt the paddy straw burning in #Punjab like anything
‘Surface seeding' in which paddy harvesting & wheat sowing are done at the same time, an attachment is fitted with the harvester which broadcasts wheat seed & fertilizer at the time of paddy harvest, followed by a single operation of cutter-cum-spreader (3 - 4 inch above surface.
