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Mr. R Sabarinathan,
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ड्रिप सिंचाई: बासमती चावल की खेती की लागत को प्रभावी ढंग से कम करती है।
Scented (Basmati) rice, a unique product of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, is known for its aromatic quality and high economic value. It generates about three times higher prices than coarse rice. Approximately 20% of the land used to cultivate rice grows scented rice in India, and northwest states account for more than 90% of its total production.
India contributes around 65% of the total global supply of scented rice. The sustainability of the Basmati rice production in India has become a significant concern due to alarming water table depletion, growing food demand, stagnating, or declining productivity growth, and diminishing economic returns.
Traditionally, rice is a water-intensive crop and requires water for three primary purposes – preparing land (puddling), continual seepage, percolation, and growing the produce. The farmer growing Basmati rice has to keep the area spread continually flooded, which results in substantial unproductive water losses (up to 80%) for reasons other than rice cultivation.
The crop demands high water investments, labor, pre-crop preparation, and fertilizers. Despite these investments, farmers don't get the expected returns because water inefficiency resulting lower crop yield, and reduced crop quality affects their profits.
Globally, India is one of the top basmati and non-basmati rice exporters. According...