Laser land leveller is leveling the field within certain degree of desired slope using a guided laser beam throughout the field. Unevenness of the soil surface has a significant impact on the germination, stand and yield of crops. Farmers also recognize this and therefore devote considerable time for leveling of fields.
Benefits of laser land leveling over conventional land leveling:
Benefits of laser land leveling over conventional land leveling:
Reduction in time and water for irrigation
Uniform distribution of water
Less water consumption in land preparation
Precise level and smoother soil surface
Uniform moisture environment for crops
Lesser weeds in the field
Good germination and growth of crop
Uniformity in crop maturity
Reduced seed rate, fertilizers, chemicals and fuel requirements
Benefits of precise land leveling:
Saves irrigation water more than 35 %
Reduced weed in the field
Increase in field areas about 3.5 %
Reduce farm operating time by 10 %
Assist top soil management
Saves labor costs
Saves fuel/electricity used in irrigation
Increase productivity up to 50 %
Conclusion:
Laser leveling of agricultural land is a recent resource-conservation technology. It has the potential to change the way food is produced by enhancing resource-use efficiency of critical inputs without any disturbing and harmful effects on the productive resilience of the ecosystem.
In spite of several direct and indirect benefits derived from laser land leveling technology, it is yet to become a popular farming practice in the developing and the underdeveloped countries. For accelerating its popularization and large-scale adoption, it requires a number of well-considered and synchronized research, extension, participatory, economic and policy initiatives keeping in view the long-term sustainability of our production systems.
Popularization of this technology among farmers in a participatory mode on a comprehensive scale, therefore, needs appropriately focused attention on priority basis along with requisite support from researchers and planners. The change in our vision of future agriculture in relation to food and nutritional security, environmental safety and globalization of markets demands improving resource-use efficiency considerably to reach the desired growth levels in food production and agricultural productivity. Laser leveling is evidently one of the ways by which we can address these issues to a great extent.
