A simple thing that our government and the farmers should not forget is the fact that the worms and bacteria that fertile the soil are dying because of which the farmers have to put artificial fertiliser in the land to fertile it. Also the artificial fertiliser cost a lot. This should be kept in mind other than the fighting of either to burn or not to burn the residue.
Yes ma'am. I totally agree. But the thing is given that pollution is showing alarming signals, farmers are just being the scapegoat of the entire issue! Whereas there are a number of other issues brewing within.
The one about artificial fertilizers is, what I feel, not gonna undergo any change any time soon. Particularly because they come easy. In a rush to produce rounds of grains in a year, few farmers would like to take the additional burden of preparing natural compost and then, to use them. Even the Government feels it's easier to subsidize artificial fertilizers for farmers. Second thing is that they are supposed to yield higher outputs. So either the burden placed on farmers has to be reduced significantly or the Government has to take up the extra work of preparing compost and providing it to farmers. That would, I think, go a long way in cutting down on artificial fertilizers and also reducing the water pollution caused by it.
In a way, if we look, all the agri-issues that arise today whether it's the stubble burning or farm bills or fertilizers, everything hints to the unfavourable farm policies in India. We need a complete overhaul. That's a view from my naive mind. I'd love to hear from you.
The article is very perceptive.
A simple thing that our government and the farmers should not forget is the fact that the worms and bacteria that fertile the soil are dying because of which the farmers have to put artificial fertiliser in the land to fertile it. Also the artificial fertiliser cost a lot. This should be kept in mind other than the fighting of either to burn or not to burn the residue.
Yes ma'am. I totally agree. But the thing is given that pollution is showing alarming signals, farmers are just being the scapegoat of the entire issue! Whereas there are a number of other issues brewing within.
The one about artificial fertilizers is, what I feel, not gonna undergo any change any time soon. Particularly because they come easy. In a rush to produce rounds of grains in a year, few farmers would like to take the additional burden of preparing natural compost and then, to use them. Even the Government feels it's easier to subsidize artificial fertilizers for farmers. Second thing is that they are supposed to yield higher outputs. So either the burden placed on farmers has to be reduced significantly or the Government has to take up the extra work of preparing compost and providing it to farmers. That would, I think, go a long way in cutting down on artificial fertilizers and also reducing the water pollution caused by it.
In a way, if we look, all the agri-issues that arise today whether it's the stubble burning or farm bills or fertilizers, everything hints to the unfavourable farm policies in India. We need a complete overhaul. That's a view from my naive mind. I'd love to hear from you.