Direct Seeding of Rice
- Due to shortage of labourers amid the ongoing pandemic, the farmers in Punjab and Haryana are now being encouraged to adopt ‘direct seeding of rice’ (DSR) in place of conventional transplanting.
About Direct Seeding of Rice
- It refers to the process of establishing a rice crop from seeds sown in the field rather than by transplanting seedlings from nursery.
- In DSR, there is no nursery preparation or transplantation. The seeds are instead directly drilled into the field by a tractor-powered machine.
- Here, water is replaced by real chemical herbicides. Farmers have to only level their land and give one pre-sowing irrigation or ....
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