kanwar j d
New Member
CHEMICAL PESTICIDES and fertilizers have always been considered `manna' from heaven for Indian ryots, especially after the second green revolution. Farmers believe that by applying potash and urea to the soil their crop can be made to yield more.
But a vast majority of them have failed to realise that excessive application of these chemicals over the years has poisoned the land, water and the environment.
Health hazard
More than 75 per cent of the food crops grown today have toxic residues of chemicals used for growing them andthey are hazardous for human health.
Expected yield
about 40-50 tonnes of sugarcane per acre, compared with farmers who use chemicals in the area who harvest about 30-40 tonnes.
Horizontal planting
The field was ploughed well into furrows by applying about 1,000 tonnes of vermicompost.
The sugarcane setts were planted on the furrows horizontally at a spacing of about 4x4 feet between them.
In addition to vermicompost, several earthworms were also released into the field.
Irrigation was done twice every week initially after planting and later continued once every 15 days. About 20 litres of diluted Panchangavya was also sprayed twice over the crop.
The first spray was done 15 days after planting the setts in the main field and the second in the third month, according to him.
Dethrashing of the dried leaves and removal of weeds, which are usual practices in crop cultivation, were not done.
But a vast majority of them have failed to realise that excessive application of these chemicals over the years has poisoned the land, water and the environment.
Health hazard
More than 75 per cent of the food crops grown today have toxic residues of chemicals used for growing them andthey are hazardous for human health.
Expected yield
about 40-50 tonnes of sugarcane per acre, compared with farmers who use chemicals in the area who harvest about 30-40 tonnes.
Horizontal planting
The field was ploughed well into furrows by applying about 1,000 tonnes of vermicompost.
The sugarcane setts were planted on the furrows horizontally at a spacing of about 4x4 feet between them.
In addition to vermicompost, several earthworms were also released into the field.
Irrigation was done twice every week initially after planting and later continued once every 15 days. About 20 litres of diluted Panchangavya was also sprayed twice over the crop.
The first spray was done 15 days after planting the setts in the main field and the second in the third month, according to him.
Dethrashing of the dried leaves and removal of weeds, which are usual practices in crop cultivation, were not done.