There is a wave of disappointment among them, only then they are holding protests and rallies every day. Apart from other inputs, farmers need to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers. After the vegetable revolution in the sixth decade of the last century, the use of chemical fertilizers started rapidly. Government agencies also emphasized on the use of chemical fertilizers. Before that, farmers also used to use manure on a large area. There was a need to produce food grains for the growing population of the country. It was necessary to stop the arrival of food grains below PL 480 from America. In this way, the use of manure continued to decrease and the consumption of chemical fertilizers increased rapidly.
Today, more chemical fertilizers are being applied per hectare in Punjab than in any other state in India. Crop density has also increased, due to which there is a need to apply more chemical fertilizers. Due to excessive use of chemical fertilizers, diseases and pests have become more prevalent in crops, due to which the consumption of pesticides has also increased in Punjab. Farmers are increasing the use of chemical fertilizers more rapidly. Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has recommended applying 55 kg DAP and 110 kg urea per acre in wheat crop. Farmers are also applying up to 90-100 kg DAP and up to 180 kg urea fertilizer (four bags) per acre. India also has to import these fertilizers and farmers have to pay 266.5 paise (including GST) for a 45 kg bag of urea and 110 kg urea per acre for DAP. The Government of India has approved spending of Rs 3850 crore this year to continue providing the same price of Rs 1350 per bag, so that farmers do not have to pay higher prices for them. In other countries from which these fertilizers are imported, their prices have increased, due to which India has also started finding it expensive to import fertilizers.
There is a need to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers by increasing the use of fertilizers like bio fertilizers, green fertilizers, blue green algae, indigo-free moss, vermicompost. There is very little area where organic farming is done. After harvesting wheat, the time until the sowing of kharif crops like paddy, basmati and cotton should be reduced by producing green manure. This increases the power of the land. Some time ago, the government used to emphasize on increasing the area of vegetable fertilizer by providing subsidy on Jantar seeds to the farmers, but during this time, due to the very low electricity supply by the Punjab Power Supply Corporation and the construction of canals, the emphasis on this has decreased and the enthusiasm among the farmers to produce vegetable fertilizer has also decreased. Although vegetable fertilizer has many benefits, such as the rise of nutrients from the lower layers of the soil through the roots, improvement of the color in the poor lands, increasing the fertility of the land and the decomposition of vegetable fertilizer, the elements in the soil become soluble and become part of the food again, etc. Earlier, non-chemical fertilizers were used, now although their use is not possible on such a large scale, still the consumption of chemical fertilizers can be reduced to some extent by using algae, vermicompost and vegetable fertilizers on some crops. The consumption of these non-chemical fertilizers increases the size and weight of the grain and also increases the yield of the crop. According to an estimate, 40 kg of urea per hectare can be saved by using these fertilizers. To reduce the consumption of urea, the Government of India has started packing 45 kg of urea in a bag instead of 50 kg, but this has not reduced the consumption. To reduce the use of chemical fertilizers, farmers can also prepare vermicompost fertilizer from cow dung. Vegetable waste, cow dung, etc. used in the kitchen can be used in this, but earthworms that come out in the rain cannot be used. To make vermicompost, fresh cow dung can be soaked in water for 8 to 10 days, cooled and used for vermicompost. Vermicompost provides all the elements for plant growth by correcting the saline color of the soil, while chemical fertilizers provide only one or two elements, but vermicompost is not possible to use on a very large area.
This year, wheat has been cultivated on an area of 35 lakh hectares, for which 13.5 lakh tonnes of urea is required. Farmers had to face a lot of difficulties due to the non-availability of DAP at the time of sowing of wheat, because DAP has to be used at the beginning of sowing of wheat. After that, now there is a shortage of urea. Farmers are facing problems in getting urea. Will the shortage of DAP and urea affect the wheat crop? It is interesting to see why the full benefit of the huge subsidy given by the Government of India on urea does not reach the farmers? Urea is also used for other purposes like plywood industry, making feed for animal husbandry etc. and milkmaids also mix urea in milk. Then urea is illegally smuggled to countries like Bangladesh and Nepal. Although the Indian government has installed Point of Sale (POS) machines with dealers to sell subsidized urea and other fertilizers. Every farmer has to provide his Aadhaar card and identity proof to buy urea. The central government has also fixed a limit on urea purchase per farmer to prevent the use of urea for non-agricultural purposes and has used other methods, such as giving subsidy only on sale through retail etc. But this has not stopped the use of urea for non-agricultural purposes, which only harms the farmers, because the subsidy being given for them is going to non-farmers. In recent times, just as the organic matter in the soil of Punjab has been decreasing
There is a wave of disappointment among them, only then they are holding protests and rallies every day. Apart from other inputs, farmers need to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers. After the vegetable revolution in the sixth decade of the last century, the use of chemical fertilizers started rapidly. Government agencies also emphasized on the use of chemical fertilizers. Before that, farmers also used to use manure on a large area. There was a need to produce food grains for the growing population of the country. It was necessary to stop the arrival of food grains below PL 480 from America. In this way, the use of manure continued to decrease and the consumption of chemical fertilizers increased rapidly.
Today, more chemical fertilizers are being applied per hectare in Punjab than in any other state in India. Crop density has also increased, due to which there is a need to apply more chemical fertilizers. Due to excessive use of chemical fertilizers, diseases and pests have become more prevalent in crops, due to which the consumption of pesticides has also increased in Punjab. Farmers are increasing the use of chemical fertilizers more rapidly. Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has recommended applying 55 kg DAP and 110 kg urea per acre in wheat crop. Farmers are also applying up to 90-100 kg DAP and up to 180 kg urea fertilizer (four bags) per acre. India also has to import these fertilizers and farmers have to pay 266.5 paise (including GST) for a 45 kg bag of urea and 110 kg urea per acre for DAP. The Government of India has approved spending of Rs 3850 crore this year to continue providing the same price of Rs 1350 per bag, so that farmers do not have to pay higher prices for them. In other countries from which these fertilizers are imported, their prices have increased, due to which India has also started finding it expensive to import fertilizers.
There is a need to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers by increasing the use of fertilizers like bio fertilizers, green fertilizers, blue green algae, indigo-free moss, vermicompost. There is very little area where organic farming is done. After harvesting wheat, the time until the sowing of kharif crops like paddy, basmati and cotton should be reduced by producing green manure. This increases the power of the land. Some time ago, the government used to emphasize on increasing the area of vegetable fertilizer by providing subsidy on Jantar seeds to the farmers, but during this time, due to the very low electricity supply by the Punjab Power Supply Corporation and the construction of canals, the emphasis on this has decreased and the enthusiasm among the farmers to produce vegetable fertilizer has also decreased. Although vegetable fertilizer has many benefits, such as the rise of nutrients from the lower layers of the soil through the roots, improvement of the color in the poor lands, increasing the fertility of the land and the decomposition of vegetable fertilizer, the elements in the soil become soluble and become part of the food again, etc. Earlier, non-chemical fertilizers were used, now although their use is not possible on such a large scale, still the consumption of chemical fertilizers can be reduced to some extent by using algae, vermicompost and vegetable fertilizers on some crops. The consumption of these non-chemical fertilizers increases the size and weight of the grain and also increases the yield of the crop. According to an estimate, 40 kg of urea per hectare can be saved by using these fertilizers. To reduce the consumption of urea, the Government of India has started packing 45 kg of urea in a bag instead of 50 kg, but this has not reduced the consumption. To reduce the use of chemical fertilizers, farmers can also prepare vermicompost fertilizer from cow dung. Vegetable waste, cow dung, etc. used in the kitchen can be used in this, but earthworms that come out in the rain cannot be used. To make vermicompost, fresh cow dung can be soaked in water for 8 to 10 days, cooled and used for vermicompost. Vermicompost provides all the elements for plant growth by correcting the saline color of the soil, while chemical fertilizers provide only one or two elements, but vermicompost is not possible to use on a very large area.
This year, wheat has been cultivated on an area of 35 lakh hectares, for which 13.5 lakh tonnes of urea is required. Farmers had to face a lot of difficulties due to the non-availability of DAP at the time of sowing of wheat, because DAP has to be used at the beginning of sowing of wheat. After that, now there is a shortage of urea. Farmers are facing problems in getting urea. Will the shortage of DAP and urea affect the wheat crop? It is interesting to see why the full benefit of the huge subsidy given by the Government of India on urea does not reach the farmers? Urea is also used for other purposes like plywood industry, making feed for animal husbandry etc. and milkmaids also mix urea in milk. Then urea is illegally smuggled to countries like Bangladesh and Nepal. Although the Indian government has installed Point of Sale (POS) machines with dealers to sell subsidized urea and other fertilizers. Every farmer has to provide his Aadhaar card and identity proof to buy urea. The central government has also fixed a limit on urea purchase per farmer to prevent the use of urea for non-agricultural purposes and has used other methods, such as giving subsidy only on sale through retail etc. But this has not stopped the use of urea for non-agricultural purposes, which only harms the farmers, because the subsidy being given for them is going to non-farmers. In recent times, just as the organic matter in the soil of Punjab has been decreasing
