PAU ORGANISES FIELD DAY ON “PADDY TRANSPLANTING TECHNOLOGY”

LUDHIANA, MAY 30:-----



The Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering (FMPE), PAU, in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Fatehgarh Sahib, organized a field day on "Paddy transplanting technology" in the farm of Amritraj Singh at village Bhamarsi Zer. Involving the participation of hundred farmers, Dr Jaskaran S. Mahal, Head, FMPE and Dr CJS Pannu, Coordinator Research (Engineering), PAU, observed that due to decrease in the availability of farm labour, the rates of manual transplanting have gone up to the tune of Rs 2500/- per acre. As the farmers cannot start transplanting before June 10, the prevailing conditions have forced to adopt mechanical transplanting of paddy. PAU has carried out a research on the development of technology for raising of mat type nursery, development of manual paddy transplanter and engine operated paddy transplanters, for the last 35 years. In 2009 and 2010, farmers and cooperative societies purchased 550 paddy transplanters in the state, divulged varsity experts.

Advising the farmers on the field day, Dr MK Narang, Agricultural Engineer, asked them to adopt paddy transplanter for transplanting of paddy during the season. Informing the agriculturists about the detailed adjustments and providing tips for the operation of various machines, he said that self propelled machine costing about Rs 10 lakh can transplant 10-12 acres per day, the walk behind type machine costing nearly Rs 2.50 lakh can transplant about two and half acres per day and the engine operated machine costing approx. Rs 2 lakh can transplant 3 acres per day.

Dr Harinder Singh, Deputy Director Training), KVK, Fategarh Sahib, gave the tips for minimizing cost of the production of paddy and shed light on the facilities available for the farming community.

Dr Tarinder Kaur, Assistant Prof (Soil Science), told the farmers about the use of leaf colour chart (LCC) technology in paddy and balanced use of fertilizers while Dr Reet Verma, Assistant Prof (Plant Protection) dwelt on the diseases of paddy and their management.

Evincing keen interest in raising mat type nursery, the farmers were provided hands on training by Er Arshdeep Singh, Research Fellow, who also demonstrated equipments used for raising mat type nursery like sowing roller, water sprinkler, etc., whereas Er Rohit Sharma from KVK, Fatehgarh Sahib, explained about the farm machines such as paddy straw chopper, pulverizing roller, maize threshers, etc.

For safe operation of farm machines and to reduce road accidents, the slow moving vehicle emblems (SMVE) were distributed among the farmers by FMPE for fitting on tractors and trailers.
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