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More crops per drop!
It’s eye opener to learn how we waste water in conventional irrigation method and yet end up with lower production. So go for drip irrigation,increase your farm income. Another benefit is if you are cropping 1 acre land based on available water and drip irrigation saves about 50% then you can actually crop in 2 acres for the same quantity of available water.
| Water Requirement(cm) | Yield(q/ha) | Savings % | ||||
| Surface | Drip | Surface | Drip | Water | Yield | |
| Pomegranate | 21 | 16 | 34 | 67 | 24 | 97 |
| Cauliflower | 27 | 18 | 171 | 274 | 33 | 60 |
| Radish | 46 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 76 | 13 |
| Tomato | 50 | 11 | 62 | 89 | 79 | 44 |
| Onion | 52 | 26 | 284 | 342 | 50 | 20 |
| Grape | 53 | 28 | 264 | 325 | 47 | 23 |
| Lady’s Finger | 54 | 9 | 100 | 113 | 84 | 13 |
| Cucumber | 54 | 24 | 155 | 225 | 56 | 45 |
| Potato | 60 | 28 | 172 | 291 | 54 | 69 |
| Sweet Potato | 63 | 25 | 42 | 59 | 60 | 39 |
| Broccoli | 70 | 60 | 140 |
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The Indian mind
Because India is blessed by a warm climate, a rich soil, abundant productivity and easy communication, the ( traditional) Indian mind feel in harmony with the nature, with the universe. Contrary to the western mind that assigns great importance to the struggle between man and his physical environment and regards the conquest of nature as the key to cultural progress, the ( traditional) Indian mind doesn’t regard the world as a place full of forces that have to be fought and dominated but as a place where man has to adapt.
One would expect that in a mind where contemplation dominates, passion and desires would not be very strong. But that is not the case with the Indian temperament which is emotional and imaginative. Emotionalism and sensuousness are essential characteristics of the Indian mind, but these tendencies being opposed to the speculative trend, there is always a strong…
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Pesticide use in India
Pesticides Usage by States
| State | Total pesticides consumed |
| Uttar Pradesh | 39948 |
| Punjab | 29235 |
| Haryana | 21908 |
| Maharashtra | 16480 |
| Rajasthan | 15239 |
| Gujarat | 13430 |
| Tamil Nadu | 12851 |
| All India | 210,600 |
Top Pesticides
| Pesticide (Technical Grade) | Quantity consumed (metric tonnes) |
| Sulphur (fungicide) | 16424 |
| Endosulfan (insecticide) | 15537 |
| Mancozeb (fungicide) | 11067 |
| Phorate (insecticide) | 10763 |
| Methyl Parathion (insecticide) | 8408 |
| Monocrotophos (insecticide) | 8209 |
| Cypermethrin (insecticide) | 7309 |
| Isoproturon (herbicide) | 7163 |
| Chlorpyrifos (insecticide) | 7163 |
| Malathion (insecticide) | 7103 |
| Carbendazim (fungicide) | 6767 |
| Butachlor (herbicide) | 6750 |
| Quinalphos (insecticide) | 6329 |
| Copper oxychloride | 6055 |
| Dichlorvos (insecticide) | 5833 |
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