Hamood Ahmed Siddiqui
Pit Ring Pit Sowing Sugarcane at Magsi Farms KhesanMori Sindh
Ring-pit plantation can double sugarcane yield
The losses faced by sugar mills mean increasing arrears of payments to sugarcane growers. This is leading to farmers quitting sugarcane, causing concern to mills. The only way out of this seems reduction in the cost of production.
A revolutionary method of sugarcane plantation that can make cost-reduction possible was developed in the 1980s by the Scientests.
People have found it hard to believe that the yield could be increased two or three times by adopting the ring-pit method. It decided to conduct field trials to establish the facts. Although it was late for planting, the experiment was still carried out on several plots in Punjab India.
The results showed that under the ring-pit method, an average of 474 qt/acre was achieved as against the 250 of the conventional method. One has to keep in mind that the data was only for a nine-month-old crop, which means there is scope for an even higher yield.
The method is dependent on mother shoots, i.e., zero tillering, and the total number of millable canes per acre. Under the system, around 2700 pits per acre are made. Thirty mother shoots are allowed to develop into millable canes of 1.25-1.75 kg each. This can give a yield of 800-1100 qt/acre if the recommended package of practices is adopted.
For FurtherDetails: Contat: Mr Sajad Shah Rashdi +92-300-8370266 or Mr Shabir Shah Rashdi:0333-2840774
Pit Ring Pit Sowing Sugarcane at Magsi Farms KhesanMori Sindh
Ring-pit plantation can double sugarcane yield
The losses faced by sugar mills mean increasing arrears of payments to sugarcane growers. This is leading to farmers quitting sugarcane, causing concern to mills. The only way out of this seems reduction in the cost of production.
A revolutionary method of sugarcane plantation that can make cost-reduction possible was developed in the 1980s by the Scientests.
People have found it hard to believe that the yield could be increased two or three times by adopting the ring-pit method. It decided to conduct field trials to establish the facts. Although it was late for planting, the experiment was still carried out on several plots in Punjab India.
The results showed that under the ring-pit method, an average of 474 qt/acre was achieved as against the 250 of the conventional method. One has to keep in mind that the data was only for a nine-month-old crop, which means there is scope for an even higher yield.
The method is dependent on mother shoots, i.e., zero tillering, and the total number of millable canes per acre. Under the system, around 2700 pits per acre are made. Thirty mother shoots are allowed to develop into millable canes of 1.25-1.75 kg each. This can give a yield of 800-1100 qt/acre if the recommended package of practices is adopted.
For FurtherDetails: Contat: Mr Sajad Shah Rashdi +92-300-8370266 or Mr Shabir Shah Rashdi:0333-2840774