Ludhiana: Management of plant residues not only plays an important role in limiting the burning threats of stumps in punjab but also have ensured great benefits for farmers who have harvested stumps in recent years.
Farmers, who describe stumps in the fields, save their money on fertilizers and witness better soil health and increased fertility.
Jagraon’s Agwar Pona Village Farmer Lakhwinder Singh said that he had managed stump through in-situ techniques for the past five years.
“I have used DAP and Urea 20 percent in the field.
Land structure also increases rapidly,” Singh said.
He added that he had used rice helicopters to harvest residues on the ground because potato plants increased significantly.
In addition, dependence on fertilizer has also been reduced.
While sharing his experience on the benefits of stump management, he felt that violence in the ground and improved soil health, in addition to significant wheat, moong and potato results increased significantly.
Agriculture Development Officers (ADO) Dr.
Raminder Singh said that if all farmers adopted these techniques, they could save crores the rupee they spent to buy nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
He said that the management of PADI stumps will add a large number of nitrogen, phosphorus and potass.
Singh said the residue helped protect the soil from the wind and water erosion and keep the ground cool by preserving water.
Advise the farmers to adopt management of in-situ plant residue with all my heart to manage stumps, he said that the burning of rice stumps is very dangerous for farmers and land, which is considered ‘mother’ by our farmers.
He said that the burning of rice destroyed soil health in addition to casting the effect of Castigating on the environment.
He added that because of the burning of rice stumps, some major and micronutrients of soil were destroyed and also produced some toxic gases that had a bad effect on human health.