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| Plasticulture Technology |
Green Revolution
& After |
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The Green Revolution with its emphasis
on high yielding variety seeds, fertilisers, pesticides
and better methods of farming, swept like a wave into
the Indian countryside.It turned us from being deficient
in food grains to being self sufficient. |
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But the increase in agricultural yield has to keep pace
with the growing population. To remain self sufficient
in food grains, we need another green revolution, or rather,
a greener, revolution.Innovative agro practices need be
adopted towards transformation of Indian agriculture -
to precision farming practices which will result in stretching
our agro input resources mani-fold to increase agricultural
productivity both in quality and quantity. |
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Plasticulture applications are one of the most
useful indirect agricultural inputs which, hold the promise
to transform Indian agriculture and bring in the "Second
Green Revolution" |
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| What is Plasticulture? |
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Plasticulture is the use of plastics in agriculture,
horticulture, water-management, food grains storage and related
areas. A variety of plastics materials and end products are
deployed in plasticulture applications - for water conservation,
irrigation efficiency, crop and environment protection, as well
as end product storage and transportation. |
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| Why Plasticulture? |
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Plastics can play a major role in energy conservation.
They require minimum energy in production and conversion to
finished products. Plastics have definite advantages over conventional
materials. |
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Higher strength / weight ratio. |
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Superior electrical properties. |
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Superior thermal insulation properties.
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Excellent Corrosion resistance |
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Superior flexibility. |
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Impermeability to water, gas, etc.
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Resistance to chemicals.
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Less friction due to smoother surface. |
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