Farmer Suresh Kumar with bamboo plants planted in Narnaul
In southern Haryana, farmers have been insisting on millet and mustard crops till now. At the same time, a farmer Suresh Kumar has tried to make other farmers aware by adopting bamboo cultivation. The farmer planted about 800 bamboo trees on one and a half acres.
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Farmer Suresh Kumar, a resident of village Khanpur, ordered tissue culture plants from Assam. Whose price was 100 rupees per plant. This bamboo is of Bhima Bambusa type which is considered a good variety. These trees planted two years ago are now at full puberty and have taken a height of 20 to 25 feet. The farmer says that after the next two years, these trees will become their permanent means of income and will start giving more than one lakh rupees per acre per year.
Narnaul is a drought area
District Mahendragarh is a drought area. In Nangal Chaudhary and Nizampur area, water has gone below one thousand feet. Therefore, it is also called dark zone. Excess exploitation of water here is a legal offense. In the canals, water comes not only for farming, but only for drinking. If the farmer takes water from the canals, then a case of theft is registered on him.
Farmer Suresh Kumar shows bamboo plants
Plants are starting
At present, their fields are completely blooming with bamboo trees. The surrounding aware farmers are thinking of planting bamboo saplings in their fields by looking at bamboo trees. These trees are still completely green.
Cultivation can occur in any kind of soil Farmer Suresh Kumar says that bamboo can be cultivated in any type of soil. Whether it is loam, black, sand or barren land, good yield can be done. Bamboo cultivation requires drainage, dice, manure or medicine etc. Water is required for 3 or 4 months while planting a bamboo plant. Once the plant starts growing, less irrigation can also be produced. The bamboo tree is ready to be cut in 4 or 5 years and the bamboo that gets bigger per year is harvested.
Bamboo is quite useful Farmer Suresh Kumar said that bamboo is a multi -use and rapid growing plant. Which is used to make furniture besides agriculture, construction, paper industry, handicrafts, decoration items, kitchens, gift items etc. We can also say that bamboo can be synonymous with plastic. Bamboo helps maintain environmental balance.
Ethanol is also ready
Ethanol is also prepared from bamboo which is added to some quantity in petrol. Farmer Suresh Kumar says that with bamboo, the farmer can also set up a cottage and small scale industries which becomes a means of employment. The Haryana government also assists for this.