The climate in Delhi, the country’s capital, is unfit to breathe at this time. The air quality index is above 350. The cause is contamination and burning of stubble in fields after harvesting rice in neighboring states. Especially between September and December, the sky in Delhi-NCR is filled with smog. The case is also before the Supreme Court, the country’s largest court. Despite severe court crackdowns and legal action against farmers, stubble burning has not completely stopped.
However, the Punjab government claims that incidents of stubble burning have decreased by 70-80% in the past two years. After all, TV9 Bharatvarsha’s team reached Hoshiarpur, 370 km from Delhi, to find out what approaches farmers in Punjab are taking. We found farmers using super seeders to clear stubble from their fields in Hoshiarpur.
In fact, agricultural scientists have created a “super seeder” by combining three machines to get rid of stubble problems and reduce farming costs. Among them, the rotary tiller and seed device are combined with the pressing wheel. Used for sowing wheat, rice, beans and other seeds. In addition, the machine is also used to remove residues from various crops such as sugar cane, cotton, corn, and bananas.
The Super Planter is a multi-tasking machine
Speaking to TV9, Hoshiarpur Chief Agriculture Officer Deependra Singh Sandhu said that the price of the super seeder is around Rs 2.5 lakh. The Punjab government provides 40% to 50% subsidy for farmers to purchase super seeders. This machine destroys stubble on an acre of land in an hour. After sowing wheat. At the same time, the Punjab government will provide 80% subsidy for farmers to purchase super seeders if many farmers gather together to buy collectively.
The Super Planter is a multi-tasking machine. This machine can complete sowing, plowing, mulching, manure spreading and other tasks at the same time. Simply put, farm work becomes very easy with this machine. In addition to this, the Super Seeder reduces field preparation time and reduces costs. This saves farmers both time and money. Not only that, the super seeder can destroy stubble without burning it. Scientists say stubble management can be easily accomplished using super seeders.
No air pollution, money saved
With the Super Seeder, sowing and soil preparation can be done simultaneously in one go. The stems of any crop are called tillers. At the same time, the residue left after harvesting rice is called stubble. The super seeder breaks the straw and wheat straw into small pieces and mixes them with the soil. In this case, farmers do not have to burn stubble by sowing crops using super seeders.
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Therefore, there is no air pollution caused by burning straw. At the same time, the nutrients in the soil are not destroyed. Additionally, there is no need to use too much fertilizer. This also saves farmers money. Farmers who use the Super Seeder also find it beneficial. He said that after the rice harvest, the land must be plowed to sow the second crop. After plowing, the fields are ready for sowing.
people need to realize
At the same time, using a super seeder, sowing can be done directly on standing or lying stubble after rice harvest. This machine cuts the stubble into pieces, buries them under the soil, and sprinkles them with seeds for sowing wheat or mustard. The stubble buried in the soil melted and turned into manure. This increases the fertility of the land and increases yields. This also increases the soil’s ability to absorb water.
However, some farmers said there is little difference between harvesting rice and harvesting wheat. In this case, some farmers still avoid using this technology and burn the straw due to the high availability and cost of machinery. The government, on the other hand, claims to be providing subsidies to make people aware of and promote the device. In the future, straw burning incidents will further decrease.
