The technology that reduces a farmer’s input costs, lowers the need for manual labour and increases returns from crops is the real innovation for farmers, said Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday while addressing the closing session of the fifth ‘Innovative Farmers’ Meet’ organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Ladwa, Kurukshetra.
“Therefore, there is a need to move towards farming practices that can withstand changing conditions while increasing farmers’ income. Paddy and wheat cultivation has particular significance in the region.
He said the distinctive feature of the meet was that discussions were not confined to big cities or conference halls, but were being taken directly to farmers. Measures such as direct seeding of rice, crop-specific micro-irrigation and land levelling can prove useful,” he said, urging farmers to get their soil tested and use fertilisers according to the requirements of their land.
