Issues of Irrigation Solved Through Shifting Tubewell On Biogas Story of Mirza Manzoor from Jhang Pakistan is an agricultural country having 40% arable land of its total area. But unfortunately the average rainfall in the said arable area is not sufficient to fulfill irrigation needs of the cultivated crops. So the farmers use artificial irrigation systems and methods as alternate solutions for growing crops. These alternate irrigation methods are difficult and costly, but the poor farmers are compelled to pursue them for their economic and financial survival. Mirza Manzoor age 54, is a prospered farmer form Moza Wijlanah, Jhang Who has found solution to expensive diesel consumption and electricity loadsheddings problems that effected his crops due to short and improper irrigation. Mirza Manzoor owns 4 acres of agricultural farms. He cultivates crops in all two seasons of the year and thus needs proper irrigation to his crops for a better growth and revenue. He was using a 16 horsepower peter engine to run his tubewell for watering his crops. The peter engine was run on diesel that is increasing its price day by day. Mirza Manzoor was worried for this rapid increment in diesel price. In June 2012 he contacted PDBP for constructing a 15m3 biogas plant near his tubewell on a subsidized cost. After construction of the biogas plant he started fueling his peter engine with biogas instead of expensive diesel. Since that time he has no worries of irrigating his farms. He says that he is running 70% of tubewell on biogas and only 30% on diesel. Thus he is saving Rs.36000/ year. The profit of proper irrigation to the crops is additional. Apart of this saving he is using bio slurry as an organic fertilizer in 2/4 acres of his farms, this usage saves Rs. 32000/year. Another usage of biogas is a kitchen fuel that saves Mirzas Rs.14400/year. Thus apart of his total profits and revenues the annual savings through biogas plant benefits amounts Rs. 82000/year. Mirza Manzoor says that he is enjoying these facilities because of the biogas plant that takes no expenditures to run after construction. All the biogas and bio slurry is produced from the animal dung which has no cost.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 09:05:00 +0000
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