Solar power -based agro tech changes traditional concept

Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent :

Solar power -based agricultural technology has changed the traditional concept. Farmers are no longer afraid of low-voltage with load shedding, additional bills. Irrigation pumps do not even need diesel. The land is being soaked in the light of the sun. The farmers of the remote village of Ishwardi are now running towards solar -based irrigation technology behind the traditional system. The use of modern technology is seen in the field due to the success of solar irrigation on the field. Farmers are benefiting from solar irrigation in Ishwardi, as well as smiling crop fields.
BADC is supplying solar panels in the form of a panel in the BADC dugwell and water is being supplied to the farming in the deep irrigation system by lifting water from the well. Under the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), the solar powered Dagwell (Patakua) has been set up under the ‘irrigation development project through the ground water in Pabna-Natore-Sirajganj district’. The BADC is spent on setting up a dugwell to around Tk 12 lakh. However, a total of 18 solar -powered dugwells have been set up in Ishwardi for only Tk 10,000 for the farmers. It is reported that underground water is irrigated using electricity and diesel. This is increasing the cost of production of agricultural products and underground water. In this situation, the Ministry of Agriculture has taken initiatives to increase the use of ground water through solar power. As part of this, irrigation-based irrigation facilities are being expanded in the land by setting up solar operated pumps. Agriculture concerned believe that it will be possible to produce additional food grains, vegetables and fruits every year.
After the battery is charged in the dugwell solar panel, the inverter is converted to DC current to AC Current.
According to BADC project sources, irrigation is the main controller in agricultural production. Agriculture is becoming expensive as the demand for electricity is constantly increasing with the pressure on groundwater. The main purpose of the project is to accelerate the socio -economic development of the farmers and reduce the cost of production of electricity and diesel in farming. In order to make the country’s food security sustainable, the cultivation of electricity is gaining profitable by conducting solar-based irrigation activities, including the use of ground water in irrigation work.
Assistant Engineer Afnan Azam Rudra of BADC’s Pabna and Ishwardi (Additional Responsibility) said that there was no cost from the sun. He said that the farmers of Ishwardi are very interested in the winter and drought season, especially in the winter and drought season, water is available at no cost to vegetables, fruits and wheat and jute land. Farmers families are directly profitable and producing additional crops. About 15 acres of land can be irrigated with 1 dugwell. Due to the supply of water through the pipeline up to 300 meters from underground irrigation, it can prevent water wastage. Despite the huge demand and interest in the farmers, the project is not possible to expand because the project is low.
Shaheenuzzaman Shaheen, a farmer in Maniknagar village of Sahapur union, has been set up in three solar powered dugwell. After irrigating their own 55 big, the needs of the surrounding farmers are being met. Shaheen said that in addition to lemon and banana gardens, all the vegetables including ghazas, copies, beans, onions, potatoes and mango-jackfruit-lichu gardens are irrigating water during the winter and drought season. From the sun to the sun, the water is constantly getting water. Water is the life of the crop. Stating that the water available from the dugwell, he said, he said, it has no diesel and labor costs. In addition to benefiting, foreign currency is being saved in the import of oil of the state.