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Zero Tillage

  • January 1, 2022
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Zero Tillage

Subject – Agriculture

Context – Farmers can save ₹180 crore through zero tillage

Concept –

  • Zero tillage is the process where the crop seed will be sown through drillers without prior land preparation and disturbing the soil where previous crop stubbles are present.
  • Zero tillage not only reduce the cost of cultivation it also reduces the soil erosion, crop duration and irrigation requirement and weed effect which is better than tillage.
  • Zero Tillage (ZT) also called No Tillage or Nil Tillage.
  • No Till approach started from 1960s by farmers in India.

Advantages of zero tillage

  • Reduction in the crop duration and thereby early cropping can be obtained to get higher yields.
  • Reduction in the cost of inputs for land preparation and therefore a saving of around 80%.
  • Residual moisture can be effectively utilized and number of irrigations can be reduced.
  • Dry matter and organic matter get added to the soil.
  • Environmentally safe – Greenhouse effect will get reduced due to carbon sequestration.
  • No tillage reduces the compaction of the soil and reduces the water loss by runoff and prevent soil erosion.
  • As the soil is intact and no disturbance is done, No Till lands have more useful flora and fauna

Agriculture Zero Tillage

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