Mulcher technology reduced farmers' wheat cultivation costs by 50 percent

The Yadab brothers said that the cost of cultivation has decreased by 50 percent when using the method of applying mulch by machine. "On the one hand, the field did not have to be plowed, on the other hand, there was no need for irrigation," he said, "thus, the cost of cave farming decreased by 50 percent."

Jaykishore said that earlier, the planting was done with zero tillage (zero tillage) machines, so this new technology is more convenient and the cost of farming is also reduced. ``Earlier zero tillage technology was most useful for us,'' He said, "But mulcher technology proved to be more useful." He said that this new technique was used to sow the seeds with the

machine and to manage the rice paddies in the field. "During the cultivation with this technique, after sowing the seeds of guhana in the field, the husks of paddy are covered with chaff," he said.

Jaykishore's brother Abhay said that when the seeds of the cave are covered with the chaff produced from the paddy, the moisture in the field will remain. "By doing this, the crops do not need irrigation and the grass does not grow in the field," he said. Had to use it. As a result, the cost of agricultural labor also decreases.

In this way, the cultivation cost of 5 thousand 700 rupees per bigha, excluding seed sowing, is Rs.

Abhay said that Ranighat Birganj Agricultural Tools Research Center has allowed them to use the mulcher machine this year. "This machine is very useful," he said, "now We have thought of buying the machine ourselves.' Sachin Kumar Mishra, the head and engineer of the

center, said that the center purchased a mulcher machine manufactured in Punjab, India for 2 lakhs 2 years ago. tell Mishra says that when using mulcher machine, there is no need to set fire to the field to remove the paddy in the farmer's field, it also plays a big role in environmental protection.

'Especially in North India and Nepal's Madhesh, there is a custom of setting fire to manage the paddy stubble in the field before planting, this is increasing the environmental pollution widely,' he said, 'but when using the mulcher machine, the paddy stubble could not be removed. , instead, it was possible to use the same soil and later the same soil decomposes and becomes fertilizer, which encourages organic farming, and since there is no need to do both fertilizer and irrigation, the cost of farming has also decreased. Mishra said that since the result was good, the center is going to introduce surface cedar mulcher machine next year. "This machine does not only work to sow seeds and cover the seeds with rice husks," he said.