8/11/2023 0 Comments Synergy organic cotton![]() ![]() You may also like to read – NIRF Ranking 2023: Which are the best agriculture institutes in India? See the full listĪrvind Nautiyal, Member Secretary of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), New Delhi, underlined the detrimental effects of air pollution on the environment, climate, and human health. The bureaucrat revealed a reduction of 30-40 per cent in paddy straw burning since last year and emphasised the workshop’s goal of creating a value-chain plan to utilise paddy straw as a resource and minimise losses for farmers and expressed her thoughts on a joint action plan for paddy straw management. While addressing she emphasised on air pollution and subsidising machinery. The scheme provides financial assistance of 50 per cent for farmers to purchase designated machinery and 80 per cent for cooperative societies, farmer producer organisations (FPOs), and gram panchayats to establish custom hiring centres (CHCs). Rukmani, Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, briefed about Central sector scheme to support for crop residue management. He called for synergy among the Department of Agriculture, NGOs, academia, industry and farmers to tackle the menace of paddy straw burning. He advocated the concept of conservation agriculture which up-cycles paddy straw without producing any waste. You may also like to read – Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Amazon Kisan partner to guide farmers on scientific cultivationĭr Satbir Singh Gosal, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, cautioned that stubble burning emits toxic pollutants which disperse in the surroundings and, eventually, affect the air quality and people’s health as well as soil health. He expressed his hope for no-burn agriculture to become the norm by the following year. Further, he proposed increasing baler capacity, deploying more machinery in high-burning areas, involving cooperative societies to support SC beneficiaries, and replicating successful initiatives. KAP Sinha, Additional Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare in the Government of Punjab, highlighted the significance of farming by quoting, “Once in your life you need a doctor, lawyer, policeman, or preacher but every day - three times a day - you need a farmer.” He acknowledged the desire to eliminate the practice of paddy straw burning but identified obstacles hindering progress. Senior officers from the Government of India and the state agriculture department, Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK), scientists from PAU, stakeholders in the Central government, state governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and National Capital Delhi, state pollution control boards, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), academia, various stakeholder agencies, social groups and NGOs, agricultural machinery manufacturing companies and biomass industry associations and more than 300 farmers participated in the workshop. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, the state of Punjab and Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), jointly organised a workshop on ‘Paddy Straw Management and Action Plans’ commenced at the PAU campus in Ludhiana. Senior officers from Central and state governments of Punjab, Haryana, UP, and Delhi, ICAR, PAU, KVKs, pollution control boards, various stakeholders and farmers participated in the workshop
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