Published: 23rd Apr, 2022
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The Punjab government has decided to bring an area of 1.2 million hectare (mha) of under the Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) method in the upcoming Kharif sowing season to conserve water while sowing paddy.
This is double the area that was sown under DSR in 2021 (0.6 mha).
About
Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) method:
- DSR is direct seeding of rice in which seeds are sown in the field rather than by transplanting seedlings from the nursery.
- It aims to sow short duration and high yield varieties.
- It is done through DSR machines which are used for planting seeds of rice directly into the fields.
- DSR is also called the ‘broadcasting seed technique’, under which seeds are directly drilled in the fields.
- The field is laser levelled and pre-sowing (rauni) irrigation is done.
- The field is prepared to optimum soil moisture condition and paddy (non-basmati) is seeded immediately.
- This technique saves groundwater and thus electricity, as opposed to the traditional water-intensive method.
- It can help reduce water consumption by as much as 35 per cent over the traditional process of transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to waterlogged fields.
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