irrigation issues
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Using bio-fuel to run an irrigation pump for five acres
“If a farmer has two punnai trees on his land, he can reduce the diesel cost considerably. I run the motor for about five months using the oil during summer,” says a farmer who uses oil extracted from the seeds of that tree to run a diesel pump for irrigation in summer months.