Thanks for the pointer. I have gone through Irridyne website. The material published by the innovator Mr.Dakshamoorthy is extra-ordinary, and is most required for India at this point of time. Also came to know a lot of information how agriculture should make its future steps towards its destiny in India.

Irridyne not only dicusses about just agriculture but also provides information for venturist to develop a self sustainable agriculture farming.

I also came to know that this innovator has gained appreciation from our former President of India Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam for his dedication to India’s future in Agriculture and Environment.

FYKI

Please go through the following site by the same innovator, which has tonnes of info. on water saving, energy, environment, modern techniques for distributed power generation (the need of the hour) for sustainable agriculture. He has invested over 2 decades in this area. He is also providing complete solution and support for many NRIs and Indians who are willing to get into Agriculture.

http://www.dynamicbiotechfarms.com/

I guess people like Mr. Dakshnamoorthy need to be recognized by Indian government, if we need to move in the right direction.

http://www.irridyne.com

I am looking into buying from irridyne for my development as it seems to be available now. Will keep you posted.

I hope kelkar and irridyne can make this product an main stream agriculture product for India.

Many of you know that the center pivot sprinkler machine has been in use in the world, especially, in USA and many European countries since 1950. Since then the technology has under gone numerous modification/improvements, basically to reduce energy use, improve water application efficiency, automation, and cost reduction. In USA, for example, CP shares 50% of the total sprinkler irrigated area (12 million ha) and is being increasingly used in countries like Brazil, Canada, Spain, and even in South Africa, Iran, and China. Recently, an US company has developed small CPs( one or two spans) for using in small scale agriculture. Some such systems have been installed in Pakistan. So the Center pivot (rotating or linear) is not new to the world. Drop tubes for lowering the spray pressure and adjust as per crop height have been used widely (LEPA)

The innovative feature in Kelkar’s CP is the use of Solar power for operating the machine. In India, we really need solar operated pumps to operate our millions ( and increasing) of water pumps to cope with the inreasing energy shortage. The crucial issue is still the high cost of solar cells. Thanks to the dynamic research thrust in US and other countries to reduce the cost and also to improve energy conversion efficiency.

I suggest that some Agril. University in Maharashtra ( 4)should come forward to test the machine for its commercial use by farmers ( like cost comparision, energy and water saving, operational problems/ maintence needs, etc.). If it is really advantageous, I am sure some Indian Manufacturers like Jain Irrigation can take up its large scale/ commercial manufacturing.

I am a great supporter of the CP and sincerely wish that it should be used by our Indian farmers.