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Anupam Bhagria
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, December 17
The Ludhiana district has topped in the state in adopting poly house technology. Farmers have adopted it for growing vegetables such as capsicum, tomato, brinjal, seedless cucumber as well as flowers.
There are about 80 poly houses in the Ludhiana district alone. Rajat Aggarwal, Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, said, “At present, about 50 acre area is under poly houses in Ludhiana. We have a target of extending area under poly houses to 100 acre by March 2015. There is a lot of enthusiasm among farmers and Horticulture Department about this technique of growing vegetables and fruits.”
Bhajneek Singh, Deputy Director, Horticulture Department, Ludhiana, said, “Through this technology, the yield has been increased to five to six times as compared to normal fields. In Ludhiana, it started in the year 2007 and is now picking up the pace.”
Talking to The Tribune, Davinder Singh, a farmer from Mushkabad village in Ludhiana district, said, “I took training for this from the Horticulture Department of the PAU. Afterwards, I visited Spain and Italy for updating myself. I and my friend Meharban Singh Dhaliwal (from Sahauli village of Patiala district) started poly house farming through ‘bamboo structure’ in our respective fields. After finding it beneficial we enhanced our work in one acre of land. At present, each of us has been running poly houses at 5.5 acre land separately.”
He said, “Bhajneek Singh helped me a lot in implementing this technology. It gave new direction to my life. Now, I have a full-fledged business. I grow capsicum and tomato and cucumber in my poly house. One can grow vegetables as well as flowers through this technology throughout the year.”
Bhajneek Singh said, “This technique is beneficial as with increasing urbanisation, the land under cultivation is decreasing day by day. Through this technology one can get better yieldin lesser space. Minimal amount of pesticides are used on these vegetables. So, these are good for health.”
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