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Direct-seeded rice: Why this water saving method failed in Punjab this year -Shagun

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published Published on Jul 5, 2022   modified Modified on Jul 6, 2022

-Down to Earth

Scanty rainfall, heat up to 48°C mar paddy prospects   

Punjab has been able to bring only 77,000 hectares (ha) under direct-seeded rice (DSR) through June 30 this year, way below the 1.2 million ha (mha) it targetted.

This is also substantially less than last year’s 0.6 mha and 0.5 mha in 2020. High temperatures and deficient rainfall are mainly to blame, said farmers. Other challenges included closed canals, erratic electricity supply for operating tube wells for irrigation and issue of weeds and rats. 

DSR, also called the ‘broadcasting seed technique’, is a water-saving method of sowing paddy. Seeds are directly drilled into the fields in this method. This saves groundwater, as opposed to the traditional water-intensive method, under which rice seedlings are transplanted from a nursery to waterlogged fields. 

In this process, paddy is sown between May 20 and June 10, earlier than in the transplantation method. The field is then laser-levelled and pre-sowing (rauni) irrigation is done. 

But water availability was a challenge due to deficient to no rainfall in many parts of the state during May, farmers told Down To Earth.

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Down to Earth, 5 July, 2022, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/direct-seeded-rice-why-this-water-saving-method-failed-in-punjab-this-year-83533?fbclid=IwAR3if6OJdSIEM1JMzNF_S1i3O7GTsJnBEv82K18aq3B4iAE1qBI2FNwxg3c


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