Presentation of the newly purchased drilling machine
GIZ
Use of direct seeding technology with special machinery
Scales for the dosage of wheat and barley seeds at the drilling machine
GIZ
The direct seeding technology is an important means of reducing input costs and achieving the positive impacts of integrated farming on rain-fed lands. Special machinery combines the application of seeds and fertilizers with closing of the soil cover and removal of surplus old biomass. The machinery is adapted to the local soil and micro-relief conditions.
Individual farmers would not be able to purchase the special machinery on their own. So it had been purchased by the cooperative “Agra va Iqlim” with financial support provided by GIZ. The drilling machine is lent to the farmers, which pay for its use. The payments collected will be used for the maintenance and for the purchase of additional drilling machines to expand the capacity of "Agra va iqlim" to serve more farmers willing to apply the solution.
New machinery, which is not affordable for individual farmers, can be introduced if provided at affordable costs through a cooperative and its effectiveness is shown at demonstration plots.