ಗಿಡಗಳಿಗೆ ವರ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ 8 ಲೀ. ನೀರು: ಅಶೋಕ್ ಮಾಥೂರ್ ಪದ್ಧತಿಗೆ ಕೊಲ್ಲಿಯಲ್ಲೂ ಬೇಡಿಕೆ

ಬರಡು ಭೂಮಿ, ಕಣ್ಣಮೇಲೆ ಕತ್ತಲು ತರಿಸುವ ಬಿಸಿಲು, ಸಾವಯವ ಅಂಶವಂತಲೂ ಮಣ್ಣಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಎಳ್ಳಷ್ಟೂ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಎಷ್ಟು ದೂರ ಕಣ್ಣಾಯಿಸಿದರೂ ಮರಳಿನ ರಾಶಿ, ನೀರಿನ ಪಸೆಯಂತಲೂ ಇಲ್ಲವೇ ಇಲ್ಲದ ನಾಡಲ್ಲಿ ತೋಟಗಾರಿಕಾ ಗಿಡಗಳನ್ನು ಬೆಳೆಸುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ನಡೆದಿದೆ. ಕೃಷಿ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು ಎಂದರೆ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟದ ಮಣ್ಣು, ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ನೀರು ಅಗತ್ಯ ಎಂಬುವವರಿಗೆ ಅಶೋಕ್ ಮಾಥೂರ್ ಅವರ ‘ರೂಟ್‌ಫೀಸ್ಟ್’ ಪದ್ಧತಿ ಅಚ್ಚರಿ ಮೂಡಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.ತೋಟಗಾರಿಕಾ ಗಿಡವೊಂದಕ್ಕೆ ವರ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಕೇವಲ 8 ಲೀಟರ್ ನೀರು ಸಾಕು ಎಂದರೆ ಫಲವತ್ತಾದ ಜಮೀನನಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡಿಕೆ ತೋಟ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಹಾಗೂ ಪ್ರತಿನಿತ್ಯ ಗಿಡವೊಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಕನಿಷ್ಠ 18 ಲೀಟರ್‌ ನೀರುಣಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಹೇಗೆನಿಸಬಹುದು? ಆದರೆ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಏಷ್ಯಾದ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿನ ಭಿನ್ನ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಥೂರ್ ಅವರ ಪದ್ಧತಿ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಅಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಕೃಷಿ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೋಮಲ್‌ ಜೈಸ್ವಾಲ್‌ ಅವರು ವಿಡಿಯೊ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಬರದ ನಾಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೃಷಿ ನಡೆಸುವವರಲ್ಲಿ ಭರವಸೆಯ ಚಿಗುರು ಮೂಡುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.ಕಡಿಮೆ ನೀರಿನ ಕೃಷಿ ಕುರಿತು ಅಪಾರ ಹುಡುಕಾಟ ನಡೆಸಿದವರು ಅಶೋಕ್ ಚಂದ್‌ ಮಾಥೂರ್‌. ಇವರು ಇಕೊಟೆಕ್ ಸೊಲೂಷನ್ಸ್‌ ಲಿಫ್ಟ್ಅಪ್‌ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾನದ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾಪಕರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕೃಷಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅರಣ್ಯೀಕರಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನ ಬಳಕೆಯನ್ನು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಅವರು ರೂಪಿಸಿರುವ ವಿಧಾನವೇ ‘ರೂಟ್‌ಫೀಸ್ಟ್ ಮೆಥಡ್’. ಬೇರುಗಳಿಗೆ ಭಾರೀ ಔತಣ ಎಂಬರ್ಥದ ಈ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಪಂಪ್‌ಸೆಟ್‌ಗಳ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ, ವಿದ್ಯುತ್‌ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಹಾಗೂ ದುಬಾರಿ ಉಪಕರಣಗಳು ಬೇಕಿಲ್ಲ. ಬಳಸಿ ಬಿಸಾಡಿದ ಪ್ಲಾಸ್ಟಿಕ್ ಬಾಟಲಿ, ಹತ್ತಿದಾರ ಮತ್ತು ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಪ್ಲಾಸ್ಟಿಕ್‌ ಪೈಪ್‌ನ ಸಹಾಯದಿಂದ ಸಸಿಗಳ ಬೇರುಗಳಿಗೆ ನೇರವಾಗಿ ನೀರುಣಿಸುವ ವಿಧಾನ ಇದಾಗಿದೆ.ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಅರಬ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನದಂಥ ಒಣ ಹವಾಗುಣದ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮರ ಬೆಳೆಸುವುದು ಸುಲಭದ ಮಾತಲ್ಲ. ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲೂ ಕಡಿಮೆ ನೀರಿನ ಬಳಕೆಯ ವಿಧಾನಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಮಹತ್ವವಿದೆ. ಇಂಥ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳ ಅಗತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಗಮನದಲ್ಲಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡು ರೂಪಿಸಿರುವ ರೂಟ್‌ಫೀಸ್ಟ್ ವಿಧಾನವು ಬರಪೀಡಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅರಣ್ಯ ಬೆಳೆಸುವ ಮತ್ತು ಕೃಷಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೊಸ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಯನ್ನು ತೆರೆದಿಡುತ್ತದೆ. 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