{"id":263553,"date":"2023-10-10T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=263553"},"modified":"2023-10-10T20:22:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:52:21","slug":"why-punjab-wants-to-ban-the-cultivation-of-pusa-44-paddy-variety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-punjab-wants-to-ban-the-cultivation-of-pusa-44-paddy-variety\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Punjab wants to ban the cultivation of PUSA-44 paddy variety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the articl<\/span>e \u201c<\/b>Why Punjab wants to ban the cultivation of PUSA-44 paddy variety<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published in<\/span> \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 10th October 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Punjab Chief Minister has announced that the state will ban the cultivation of the PUSA-44 paddy variety from 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

When did Punjab farmers begin cultivating PUSA-44?<\/b><\/h2>\n

PUSA-44 is a variety of paddy.It was developed in 1993 by the Delhi-based Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Subsequently, Punjab\u2019s farmers started sowing it in a few areas initially.After getting a high yield from the crops, they started increasing the area under PUSA-44 by multiplying the seed.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the end of 2010s, it had gained widespread popularity among farmers across the Punjab, covering approximately 70 to 80% of the area under paddy cultivation.<\/span><\/p>\n

By 2018, the Punjab government reduced the area under PUSA-44 to 18% of the total area under paddy, but it rebounded to 22% in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the reasons behind the ban of PUSA-44?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Extended Maturity Period: <\/b>PUSA-44 takes about 160 days to mature, which is much longer (about 35-40 days) than other paddy varieties.<\/span><\/p>\n

Water Conservation<\/b>: Punjab is facing severe groundwater depletion and banning PUSA-44 is a measure to conserve irrigation water.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stubble Burning:<\/b> PUSA-44 is harvested right before the ideal time for wheat sowing which is around November 1st.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Farmers typically need 20 to 25 days between paddy harvesting and wheat sowing to effectively handle stubble disposal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 However, PUSA-44’s late harvest makes it difficult to manage stubble through both in-field and out-of-field methods.This leads to more incidents of stubble burning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Moreover, PUSA varieties produce about 2 percent more stubble compared to shorter varieties, which is a significant concern when cultivated extensively.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cWhy Punjab wants to ban the cultivation of PUSA-44 paddy variety\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 10th October 2023 What is the News? Punjab Chief Minister has announced that the state will ban the cultivation of the PUSA-44 paddy variety from 2024. When did Punjab farmers begin… Continue reading Why Punjab wants to ban the cultivation of PUSA-44 paddy variety<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,4182,9],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-263553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-environment","category-public","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":7,"cached_at":1698355758,"cached_date":1698660779},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}