New Delhi: PUSA Decomposer, bio-enzymes developed by the Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) to unravel stumps, may get some traction of this winter as more than 25,000 farmers in Punjab and Haryana, which covers more than 5,00,000 hectares, has Register with the company to use it to manage their rice stumps during the post-harvest period in October-November.
The peak burns episodes every year contributing to the decline in air quality in Delhi-NCR and a side by side.
Such episodes are largely reported from Punjab and Haryana where farmers use this method to quickly prepare their farms to sow wheat.
Company, Nurture.Farm – Integrated LED Solutions Provider for global sustainable agriculture – has partnered with Iír and Iim Rohtak to develop and improve the solution below the phase I of the initiative as a breeder project that is free of costs.
“We have planned to increase operations to end burning arrears in Punjab and Haryana in the next three years,” said Dhruv Sawhney, COO and Head of Business, Nurture.
Asked how companies can provide free solutions for all farmers covering 5.7 million hectares of land under rice in both countries, Sawhney told TI on Friday that onboarding farmers digitally for this operation will help different companies for them for sustainable agriculture .
“This effort will produce carbon loans (from reducing emissions if farmers stop burning biomass and adopt other sustainable practices in agriculture) and enable market connection.
The entire value chain on the road will be a win-win situation for farmers and service providers after this model is successful, “Sawhney said.
DECOMPOSER PUSA rot stump in 20-25 days after spraying and turning it into manure, improving soil quality.
Since the use of Happy Seeder (engine operated with tractors for Sawble In Situ management) continues to be an expensive method for the majority of farmers, cost-effective decomposers can be a popular alternative.
One package of four pusa decomposition capsules, RS 20 fees, can be used to make 25 liters of solution that can be used in one hectare (2.5 hectares) of soil.
“Partnering with IIM Rohtak, we have developed all ecosystems where farmers can register for services through our nurture application.
Farm and utilize our large spraying machines to outline their stumps.
Offering services for free to provide incentives to farmers to adopt practices that are Ensure sustainable results, which is the core of all our services in nurture.farm, “said Sawhney.
IAri has, so far, licensing the technology to 12 companies for mass disputation and pusa decomposition marketing.
In addition, the Institute has produced around 20,000 pusa pemrangan packages in their own facilities for use by farmers.
Last year, decomposer pusa was provided for use at 5,730 hectares of regions in different states – Uttar Pradesh Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal and Telangana.
“Bijit mounts are the main causes of environmental and economic concerns.
By compiling the framework to produce, get, and make pusa sprays available at the grassroots level, we are sure about ending this unhealthy practice.
We are happy to start this sustainability journey and to track the impact In the environment, health and agriculture, “said Dheeraj Sharma, Director, Iim Rohtak, in partnership with a nurture.
Farm to develop and improve solutions in Punjab and Scaling Haryana.
The company has a plan to use around 700 spraying machines in both states.