Follow progressive farmers, who stopped putting matchstick for stubble burning : DC
Ferozepur, November 10, 2020: With a brief window to clear the field for sowing wheat before winter sets in, farmers tend to burn the crop residue, causing smog to engulf the region but a progressive farmer Mangal Singh of village of Shianpari in block Makhu of the district is contributing in tackling the situation by changing the traditional cycle of crops.
The agriculture industry played a vital role in overall growth of agro-based economy not of the country but at the global level with year-round crop cultivation. At the same time, a large amount of agriculture waste including crop residues, is also generated which pollutes the environment and contributing to global warming, leading to serious and chronic diseases and keeping the alarming rise of air pollution levels in mind.
Giving this information Deputy Commissioner Gurpal Singh Chahal said, the farmers should follow Mangal Singh in rotational crop system to increase their income by improving the yield of the crop and controlling the pollution for not using matchstick to burning the stubble. This farmer has made a significant contribution, in keeping the environment clean by not burning paddy straw in his land.
He added that after the ban on stubble burning by National Green Tribunal – NGT, majority of the sons of the soil – farmers – have stopped putting matchstick to stubble and are embracing new techniques and practices.
Mangal Singh sharing his agriculture experience said, “I am a prosperous farmer now as I have adopted rotational crop pattern of paddy, carrot, maize, mint for the last 8 years.
I had been using the SMS system combine and the crop residue is spread in the field before cultivation with a sieve and then ground is prepared with mold borehole, for planting of carrots. I myself prepare the carrot seed and complete the process by mid-March and sell it in the adjoining mandis. After this, two varieties of mind are planted in 8 acres and maize in 3 acres of land.