Adopt water-saving methods to tide over power crisis, PAU advises farmers
As the state reels under acute power crisis, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) here has advised the farmers to adopt water-saving methods during paddy cultivation.
The experts say there is no need to maintain standing water in the fields if two weeks have elapsed after transplantation of paddy. The water should be allowed to seep into the soil completely and the next irrigation should be done after two days. This way, farmers will need to consume less water, reducing the incidence of pests and diseases.
Due to the current power crisis in the state, farmers are facing problems in operating tubewells for watering the paddy crop in absence of uninterrupted and required power supply.
