The crop residue management has not only been playing a crucial role in curbing the stubble burning menace but also has been ensuring enormous benefits to the farmers who have been harvesting the stubble in the fields for past few years.
The farmers, who decompose the stubble in the fields, are
saving their money on the fertilizers and witnessing improved soil health and
increased fertility.
Jagraon's Agwar Pona village Farmer Lakhwinder Singh says
that he has been managing stubble through in-situ technique for last five
years. "I have been using 20-percent less DAP and Urea in the field. The
soil structure has been also improved considerably”, told Singh.
He added that he has been using paddy stubble chopper to
harvest residue in the soil due to which yield of potato crop has been
increased considerably besides dependence on the fertilizers has also been
reduced.
While sharing his experiences regarding the benefits of
stubble management, he felt that the hardness in soil and improved soil health
besides the yield of wheat, moong and as well as potato increased
significantly.
Agriculture Development Officer (ADO) Dr Raminder Singh
said if all farmers adopt these techniques, they can save crores of rupees they
incur on purchasing nutrients like, nitrogen, phosphorus and potash.
He said management of paddy stubble will add up
substantial amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash. Singh said residues help
to protect the soil from wind and water erosion and keep the soil cool by
preserving precious water.
Exhorting the farmers to adopt in-situ crop residue
management wholeheartedly to manage the stubble, Sharma said that burning of
paddy stubble is very hazardous for the farmers and land, which is considered
mother by our agriculturalists. He said that burning of paddy ruins the health
of soil besides casting a castigating effect on the environment.
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He added that due to burning of paddy stubble, several
major and micro nutrients of soil get destroyed adding that the burning of
paddy stubble produces several poisonous gases which have adverse effect on
human health.