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Nashik district farmers Suresh Patil and Prakash Patil have invented such a sensor by which farmers can detect that their stocked onions are getting spoiled, after which they can easily save their other onions from rotting.
Maharashtra (MaharashtraFarmers do not seem to be getting relief from the falling prices of onions. The situation has become such that the farmer (FarmersDestroying the onion crop in the fields or feeding them to animals. Onion prices have been declining since last 3 months, due to which some farmers are selling their onions.Onion) are being kept in storage. Their thinking behind this is that when they get the right rate in the market, then they will sell. But farmers are also facing problems in stocking onions. Onions stored for a long time are getting spoiled, due to which farmers are suffering.
Seeing this problem, Malegaon farmers Suresh Patil and Prakash Patil have invented a sensor that can prevent the stored onions from getting spoiled. Actually, by installing this sensor machine on the stored onion, only through this farmers will be able to get information about which corner the onion is getting spoiled. After that farmers can easily check by taking out the onion immediately. Through this sensor, farmers can save their produce from getting spoiled.
It is easy to save onions from rotting
So far about ten farmers are using this sensor in Nashik district. They say that we are not getting relief from the falling price of onions, but now storing onions and keeping them from rotting has become easy. Farmers said that storage has been made to keep onions stocked, but onions are also starting to rot in them. Apart from this, if the rotten onion is not detected on time, then there is a danger of gradually spoiling the whole onion. Now by installing this sensor, it is soon known that on which side the onion is getting spoiled and then the whole onion is saved from rotting.
How does the sensor work?
The technique developed by Suresh Patil and Prakash Patil is to estimate the areas prone to onion spoilage due to moisture as well as ammonia and other gases. Once the sensor is used, the damaged onion can be detected immediately and the damaged onion can be identified. Suresh and Prakash told that they themselves have kept about 400 to 450 quintals of onions in their storage of 60 feet. 10 units of this sensor have been installed in the storage and it shows whether the onion is getting spoiled or not. The sensor box is fitted with a pipe above the storage. The sound of the sensor comes down and down through the wire of the pipe. About one lakh rupees have been spent in making this system. Suresh Patil says that the Agriculture Department needs to reach such technology to every farmer. If subsidy is given for this technology from the government, then farmers will be able to get more benefits.
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