Pantnagar Tarai Agri Seeds is at the forefront of yet another green revolution in India through its wide network. PTAS provides farm extension services which are helping farmers in East and North India change their lives.
With its technological innovation, farming know-how and social commitment, PTAS provide end-to-end agricultural solutions to farmers, while using sophisticated technology such as satellite mapping and geographical information systems.
Complete farm solutions
The rapid strides in crop-cultivation techniques have necessitated comprehensive and continuous farmer education. Given the huge size and spread of the Indian farming community, educating and training farmers in new agricultural methods and practices has become a major challenge, one that demands institutional and manpower resources.
It is here that the PTAS provide the cutting edge. It offers cultivators a wide range of agri-services and solutions — from the stage of sowing of seeds to post-harvest management and marketing of agricultural produce.
PTAS also provide various sales and support services, including agro inputs, guidance on cultivation, crop-management techniques and other post-harvest management methods. PTAS provide farmers with solutions to every agriculture-related problem. A well-stocked library of journals and magazines helps farmers keep abreast of news and the latest global developments.
PTAS stock seeds that farmers can buy at affordable prices. It also takes care of one of the biggest worries for small farmers in India — finance. Farmers can get credit, insure their crops against natural disasters and even avail of buyback facilities.
Leveraging modern technology
Precision farming, an innovative project pioneered by the PTAS, is helping small farmers harness sophisticated modern technology, such as satellite mapping and geographical information systems (GIS), to maximise their agricultural yields.
Precision farming involves putting to use satellite-imaging technology to help farmers decide the kind of crops they want to grow. The PTAS network runs crop clinics where agronomists use computers to access information from the GIS and advise farmers on what to grow, where and when to grow it, and how much urea and nutrients to use.
By making optimum use of information on soil conditions and key climatic factors, precision farming helps in the estimation of likely crop yield, the extent of pest-induced damage, and in identifying crippling crop diseases.
The unique solutions offered by the PTAS go beyond providing services and products to India's agricultural community. They have enriched the lives of farmers through their integrated educational and training institutions. PTAS enable the farmer to be an equal partner in the development process.
