WE REALLY CAN DO IT !!!
I
came across news which caught my eyes and made me introspect! Why are we really
playing with nature? Are we doing it for a few dimes? Is it worth it? When we
enjoy nature, its color, its fragrance and its innumerable blessings, are we
not responsible for keeping it safe and as it is? How many of us really think
in this way?
Farming
and agriculture without using any chemicals is not a new thing now. Many
conscientious farmers are already seriously implementing it. A farmer in Alewa,
district Jind, in Panipat, state Uttar Pradesh, a farmer Mr. Joginder Singh,
for the last eight years, is reaping sugarcane, Grains, wheat, maize,
vegetables along with other produce, without using any sort of sprays or
chemicals. He insists that he gets the same amount of produce as others and since
he uses no chemicals, gets good money for his produce.
He
believes in not interfering with the nature. He wonders why, when all farmers,
fifty five years back could do it, we cannot do farming without any chemicals.
He himself has not used even a drop of chemical in his own farms. He states
that the number of earthworms has increased and the produce hasn’t decreased
too. From his own experience, he is sure that if the irrigation is proper,
quality of seeds is good, timing of all agricultural procedures is proper; the
produce will not be diseased. In the process of killing the harmful living
beings, using chemical pesticides, we are killing the beneficial ones too. Its
better not to kill even the harmful ones, than killing all of them!
He
reveals his secret of good agricultural practice saying that he prepares a
mixture of five liters of cow urine, five to seven liters of cow dung, one
kilogram of old jaggery, 250 grams of any cereal flour, 250 grams of soil dug
from below peepal or banyan tree, mixed in 200 liters of water. The mixture is
gelled well in summers for three days and in winter for seven days. During
irrigation period, this mixture is added to the water and provided directly to
the crops, which has been proved beneficial.
He
confessed attending the lectures of Dr Surendra Dalal, implementing whatever
was taught there and getting very good results. Whatever knowledge he received,
he practically used and got very good results. Now he is doing farming without
any chemical pesticides. He is trying to motivate other farmers towards
following him. A few of his followers are happy that they are saving on the
expensive pesticides. They also realized that they are getting better produce
and better money for their produce as organic products are more in demand!
Green Blogger
Dr Mrs. Jaya Vikas Kurhekar
