This post is created by The Better India and sponsored by Wingify Earth.

Can technology hold the solution to stopping stubble burning? Bengaluru startup nurture.farm, founded by Pranav Tiwari and Dhruv Sawhney, may hold an answer to this.

The Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) has developed the PUSA bio-decomposer, which softens hard crop stubble into compost in 20–25 days.

It can be easily mixed with the farm soil, increasing the field's nutrient content and reducing the need for artificial fertilizers -- an inexpensive, effective, organic and sustainable alternative to stubble burning.

To enhance PUSA’s on-field usage, nurture.farm created a ready-to-use formulation that could be sprayed instantly and easily.

Using remote sensing to identify farms where stubble burning was frequent, nurture.farm fitted its boom sprayers (containing the bioenzyme formula) with controllers for digital data-driven movement and maintenance.

The impact? The stubble started to decompose within just 8 days - leading to 92% overall burn avoidance, 20–25% reduction in fertiliser usage, and a 20% increase in income via yield improvements!

#WingifyEarth encourages such proactive actions to safeguard Delhi’s trees and keep them clean.

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#WingifyEarth in partnership with 'The Better India'