One day awareness camp about not burning paddy residue at village Ramnagar Chhanna of Block Sherpur adopted by Farm Adviser Service Center Sangrur under the leadership of Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) Ludhiana Director Pasar Shiksha ji. Installed on October 10, 2024. More than 30 farmers participated in the camp. Dr. Ashok Kumar, District Extension Specialist (Soil Science) has pointed out the adverse effects of paddy stubble burning such as complete loss of nutrients like nitrogen and sulfur and release of toxic gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane and harmful to humans and animals. Raised awareness about release of nitric oxide into the atmosphere, increase in road accidents, death of birds etc. He further informed that by burning one ton of paddy straw, 400 kg of organic carbon, 5.5 kg of nitrogen, 2.3 kg of phosphorus, 25 kg of potash and 1.2 kg of sulfur elements are destroyed. Wheat can be sown using different types of machines like happy seeder, super seeder, smart seeder and low cost surface seeder machines for managing the paddy stubble field itself.
Aiming to saturate a technology in the adopted village, Farm Advisory Service Center Sangrur collected soil samples from each field of the village with GPS coordinates which were sent to PAU Ludhiana for micro and macro element analysis and soil analysis. After getting the samples tested, Dr. Kumar explained each soil test report in detail to the individual farmer. He appealed to the farmers to use chemical fertilizers in the upcoming rabi crops only on the basis of the soil test report of their field. He also shed light on the symptoms of various nutrient deficiencies such as manganese deficiency in wheat and barley, zinc and sulfur deficiency in wheat. Farmers were encouraged to amend wheat seed with a bio-fertilizer consortium to enhance soil biological health.
PAU Ludhiana shared information about the newly recommended wheat and chickpeas and their availability at the center for sale. Apart from this, metal scrap, PAU literature and vegetables like coriander, carrot, peas and chickpea seeds were also sold for good animal health. Finally various questions asked by the farmers like management of manganese deficiency in wheat, prevention of plant oil in paddy etc. were answered. Finally Mr. Sahajpreet Singh and Mr. Manpreet Singh the progressive farmers of the village thanked the Farm Advisory Service Center Sangrur team.
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