Tribune News ServiceJalandhar, November 18With the Department of Agriculture sensitising famers to the stubble burning menace, the zero tillage drill technology has started gaining popularity among the farmers in the district. As per the department, around 50,000-acre area has been sown using zero tillage technology, that is likely to reach 1 lakh acre this season. Last year, the wheat area sown using the same technology was only 56,000 acre. Chief Agriculture Officer Nazar Singh said zero drill tillage technology reduces the cost of field preparation and increases the water-holding capacity of the soil. Agriculture Officer Naresh Gulati said, “Under the zero tillage technology, machines like happy seader, advanced happy seader and newly adopted machine superseeder were being used by the farmers.”
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