(a) whether the 500 hectare pilot drip projects provided by the Findex Drip Irrigation
System of Finolex Plastro Polassion Ltd. of Pune has helped the sugar factories to
extend their crushing season in Maharashtra;
(b) whether the States of Punjab and UP propose to have the project;
(c) whether the Government propose to develop any technology for reduction in farm
costs; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)
(a)&(b): There is no such pilot project of drip irrigation system for sugarcane
provided by the Finolex Plastro Polassion Ltd. in Maharashtra. However, last year
some drip irrigation companies have installed drip sets which may help in extending the
crushing season in Maharashtra.
At present no such project is in operation in Punjab or Uttar Pradesh. However
in Punjab some Cooperative Sugar Mills are planning trials of drip irrigation for
sugarcane.
(c)&(d): A number of technologies have been developed by the ICAR/SAUs for
reducing the farm costs by efficient use of inputs, use of organic manures,
mechanization, drip irrigation and inter-cropping besides better use of by-products.