Sewage water to irrigate vegetable crops

STAFF REPORT IBD: Farmers – particularly small landholders – have now opted to use sewage water to increase crop productivity as, according to them, this kind of water carries all the natural contents required to increase the per acre yield.Agriculturists contend that the use of effluent has increased crop yields by up to 25 per cent. Given such claims, most of the small farmers prefer wastewater for vegetable fields in place of expensive pesticides and fertilizers."Tube well irrigation is

Read more