Pact to market biomass incorporator

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, inked a pact with Rajarh Agricultural Works, Mullanpur, for commercialisation of biomass incorporator.

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Dr Ajmer Singh Dhatt, Director of Research, PAU, and Gurdeep Singh signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations. Dr Mahesh Kumar, ADR (agri engineering); Dr Khushdeep Dharni, associate director, technology marketing & IPR Cell; Dr Mahesh Kumar Narang, head, department of farm machinery & power engineering; Dr Rohinish Khurana and Dr Aseem Verma of department of farm machinery & Power Engineering were also present.

Dr Ajmer Singh Dhatt congratulated the department of farm machinery & power engineering for commercialisation of technology. Dr Aseem Verma said the PAU had been granted a patent for this machine by the Controller of Patents. He said biomass incorporator (Modified Mould Board Plough with Clod Crusher) simultaneously performs the function of mould board plough along with breaking big soil clods. This reduces the number of secondary tillage machinery operations needed for seedbed preparation. It can also be used to incorporate chopped green manure/biomass into the soil for improvement in soil health. The machine can be operated with 50 hp tractors. The field capacity of the machine is about 0.70 acres/h at a forward speed of 3.5 km/h. The soil pulverisation index with the machine is 9.0-9.7 mm whereas for conventional mould board plough, it is 20.7-21.10 mm.