Special Interview with Progressive and Innovative Farmer Awardee Shri. Sharana Bassappa Patil ||

Shri. Sharanabasappa Patil, a progressive farmer from village Halasutanpur, district Kalaburagi, Karnataka, has been awarded ICAR-Jagjivan Ram Abhinav Kisan Puraskar, 2020 at the National level. Sh. Patil is known for innovating several technologies that are helping the farmers at ground level. He has developed 'Pigeon Pea Nipping machine' which has reduced time and cost of nipping together with increased uniformity. Apart from this he has developed "Low cost Solar Fencing' to protect the crops from wild animals, Tap irrigation for horticultural crops Low cost timer for irrigation water control which is an alternate tool for computerized irrigation: Low cost lime grader equipment, 'Solar screened system for bird dispersal, "Solar powered hydrophonics: Animal scaring equipment for monkey and pigs Fox tail millet dehusking blade and many more. With these innovations he has successfully motivated his fellow farmers in decreasing the cultivation costs, increasing yield and their economics status. The contributions of Sh. Sharanabasappa Patil has been recognitions at several platforms and he has received many awards like Farmer- Scientist Award by UAS, Raichur; Raita Ratna Award by Govt. of Karnataka; Krishi Pandit Award by State Govt., to name a few.

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