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

What if farm stubble could nourish the soil quickly instead of polluting the air for weeks?
A recipient of Maharashtra's ‘Krishi Ratna’ and ‘Krishi Bhushan’ awards for excellence in agriculture Chandrashekhar Bhadsavale is the innovator of the Saguna Rice Technique (SRT) method of cultivation.

The SRT method is eco-friendly and doesn’t require farmers to set fire to straw stubble, after harvest. Thereby, it does not contribute to air pollution while enhancing the organic carbon and microflora of the soil.

SRT farming avoids tilling completely and lets the residue of the earlier crop (in the rice crop’s case– paddy stubble) disintegrate into the soil with the help of microbial cultures.
SRT has many more benefits too. As there is no puddling, transplanting and hand-hoeing in SRT, it saves 50% water, 40% cost of production, and 50% on labour cost too.
Climate-friendly farming for the future indeed!

 

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