Major reason why Hydroponic farming has advantage over soil grown crops

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Hydroponic is the modern technology of the agriculture.  Hydroponic farming in the innovating the future of agriculture  due to following reason. you can start hydroponic farming by investing small amount of money. If you have small area having less fertile soil so you can start hydroponic farming. Hydroponic farming has more benefit and more advantage over soil grown crop these are  as follow :- 1.  Faster growing  According to studies hydroponic farming is the 50% faster growing over traditional farming. This is because by providing a constant and available nutrients to the plants regular so it grow faster. this farming also eliminate the herbicide and pesticide. the nutrients are directly given to the plant through water and favorable environment also a major reason of faster growing plant. 2. Better yield According to studies hydroponic farming produces 80% higher yield because you can mange the nutrients and environment condition like temperature, light, mo...
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Zero-till farming - planting without plowing

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No-till farming is an agriculture techniques for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage 
No- till or zero tillage also known as direct drilling) 

No-tillage can be defined as a system of planting (seeding) cross into soil by opening a narrow slot or trench only of sufficient width and depth to obtain proper seed coverage. 

Approx 6% of the farmland in america was being farmed using no till practices.

In 2004, approximately 22% of the farmland in America was being farmed using no till practices.
In 2016, approximately 35% of the farmland in America was being farmed using no till practices. In California, however, this figure stood at just 3%.
According to the 2012 Census of Agriculture report conducted by the US Department of Agriculture, Kansas was the top state for no till (10.4 million acres), followed by Nebraska (9.4 million acres), North Dakota (7.8 million acres), South Dakota (7.2 million acres), Iowa (7 million acres), and Montana (6.9 million acres).


ZERO TILL IN INDIA :-

No Till approach started from 1960s by farmers in India. The zero-tillage system is being followed in the Indo-Gangetic plains where rice-wheat cropping is present. Wheat will be planted after rice harvest without any operation. Hundreds of farmers are following the same system and getting more yields and profits by reducing the cost of cultivation. In South, the southern districts like Guntur and some parts of West Godavari of Andhra Pradesh state  follow the ZT system  in rice-maize cropping system.

The green revolution paved the way for the rice-wheat production system in the north-western parts of India. But in due course of time, the yields of rice and wheat become stagnant due to inappropriate soil and water management system and late planting of wheat, as in the hot season rice is being grown and in the winter wheat follows the rice. In 1990’s the zero tillage came to mitigate the problem, by planting the wheat by drilling without any land preparation and tillage.


Zero tillage proves better for direct-seeded rice, maize, soybean, cotton, pigeonpea, mungbean, clusterbean, pearlmillet during kharif season and wheat, barley, chickpea, mustard and lentil during rabi season. Wheat sowing after rice can be advanced by 10-12 days by adopting this technique compared to conventionally tilled wheat, and wheat yield reduction caused by late sowing can be avoided. ZT provides opportunity to escape wheat crop from terminal heat stress. Zero tillage reduces cost of cultivation by nearly Rs 2,500-3,000/ha through reduction in cost of land preparation, and reduces diesel consumption by 50-60 litres per hectare. Zero tillage reduces water requirement of crop and the loss of organic carbon by oxidation. Zero tillage reduces Phalaris minor problem in wheat. 

No-till method :-
While sowing  the crop with the zero till method the following points shoud be remember these are as follow:-
  • There should be sufficent soil moisture in the soil. 
  • Irrigation shound be done after harvesting the crop. 
  • The next crop should be immidiately shown after the harvesting the crop. 
  • First Irrigation should be done after the 15 days of showing the crop. 
  • Granulur formulation of NPK should be apply for the crop. 
  • Trinitarian chemical should be used to control the weeds. 
  • For zero till the crop residue is important as protecting crop. 

Benefits of zero till farming:-

  • Less seed is required for sowing. 
  • Less labour is required for prepration of land . 
  • Increase the quality of the soil. 
  • Increase the soil moisture. 
  • Reduce water uptake intensity. 
  • Improve the yield in the soil . 
  • Increase the income of farmer. 


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