How to Check Water Level In Soil
To assist farmer trim down consumption of water, a scientist from Sugarcane Breeding Institute inwards the metropolis has developed a soil wet indicator to assist farmers empathise the wet marker of the soil together with irrigate accordingly.
K Hari, a senior scientist at the institute, invented the device, which was tested for to a greater extent than or less a yr alongside sugarcane farmers. "This tin live on immersed into the soil. By pressing the side button, the H2O levels tin live on understood. Different colours volition stand upward for the H2O levels; such equally bluish for adequate H2O together with reddish for less water," he added.
According to the scientists, farmers tin determine on when to irrigate looking at the indicators. D Puthira Prathap, who was the primary investigator of the project, says that "The indicator tin live on taken to unlike areas of the province together with the wet levels tin live on checked. The soil require non live on irrigated, if in that location is plenty water."
Farmer Can Check Water Level In Soil
Farmers who used the equipment inwards Erode, Dharmapuri together with Krishnagiri shared their experiences inwards the sensational workshop organized equally business office of "Water Day" celebrations inwards the institute.
EK Subramanian, a farmer from Koothampoondi inwards Erode said he used the soil wet indicator inwards one-half of his farm together with constitute it beneficial. "I get got 1 hectare of sugarcane cultivation. In one-half the land, I used this equipment to compare with the normal procedure of irrigation. I placed the indicator inwards several locations of the province to empathise the availability of water. In the other division of the land, nosotros irrigated equally usual. Using the indicator, I could cope with 20% less water. The province which used this equipment cultivated viii tonnes to a greater extent than than the other portion," he said.
"I could trim down well-nigh 30% to 40% H2O consumption inwards the areas where I used the equipment compared to the province where I did non purpose it. The harvest was x tonnes more," said P Saravanan, a farmer from Palacode inwards Dharmapuri district.
N Vijayan Nair, managing director of the institute said "Indian farmers purpose to a greater extent than H2O for agriculture. The commons argue is that nosotros don't know when the soil requires to live on irrigated. This leads to over irrigation which damages the soil."
The soil wet indicator tin banking concern friction match water-levels of the soil from to a greater extent than or less 15cms to 45cms. Hari says that this is plenty for farms together with plants inwards pots. "This is elementary to purpose together with affordable. We are looking for entrepreneurs interested inwards manufacturing this on a large scale," he added.