Paddy straw managementS. Gurdial Singh - An inspiration for fellow farmers

摘要

District Fatehgarh Sahib is among the small districts of Punjab and majority of the farmers in the district fall in the category of small and marginal farmers. As we all know, the cost of agricultural production is increasing day-by-day due to land fragmentation, p increase in input costs and heavy machinery load. With time, small and marginal farmers are quitting farming I due to high cost of production and their inability to invest in costly farm machinery. The only option leftto save their family occupation is hiring of farm implements to carryout operations in their fields. Custom hiring centreis an important mechanism through which farmers can access services of agricultural machinery; it helps to increase production and profitability, improve the use of inputs, reduce the cost of production, and assists in income-building and employment opportunities.