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Considering the recent agriculture practices of paddy cultivation, SSKBK team move ahead in implementing the ancient techniques to demonstrate the usage of very less water resource and seeds. Two main approaches used are as below
- Reduction of irrigation water (Intermittent Irrigation Technique(aaru-tadulu))
- Reduction of Seeds.
Reduction of irrigation water (Intermittent Irrigation Technique(aaru-tadulu)): –
The first thing that anyone will notice when they see paddy field is excessive water everywhere to protect it from growing weeds. Actually, as per the estimations, the irrigation water used for producing a 1kg of paddy is in between 5000lts to 10000lts. The unseen and unknown fact is lion’s share of water is getting consumed in paddy cultivation which is an area of concern as most of the water resources (which includes bores, river water etc.) are being used and may cause a serious groundwater shortage in the upcoming years.
So the team of SSKBK started working on this and implemented an ancient technique called “Intermittent Irrigation Technique” (aaru-tadulu)” according to which paddy fields are not flooded with water every day instead given at regular intervals based on the moisture. The overall water usage reduces by 90% in this process.
Advantages: –
- Less water usage.
- Avoid root damage and increases the strength of crop.
- Paddy grows even in less rainfall/ fewer groundwater regions.
- Increases paddy production. etc
Reduction of Seeds: –
Another area of concern was that excessive usage of seeds, currently, farmers are using not less than a bag(25kg) per acre for every crop of paddy thus increasing usage of paddy seeds. The process implemented was a nursery of 1kg of seeds (1/2kg Bahurupi, 1/2kg Ratnachoodi)of traditional Indian origin varieties were made and only 1 sapling of paddy grass was planted. The spacing maintained is 1.5 ft for each plant on all the sides.
Advantages: –
- By this plant gets lots of space to grow more than expected.
- Reduction of seeds usage from 1bag to 1/2kg.
Report by Sivananda Das
On behalf of SSKBK Team
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