Srinagar, Oct. 1 -- Come paddy harvesting season, farmers turn to technology to cut time, reduce wastage, and ease physical strain.In both North and South Kashmir, age-old practices like manual thrashing are gradually giving way to mechanized equipment. The use of combined harvesters and threshers is enabling farmers to complete harvesting tasks more quickly and with greater precision, ensuring minimal grain losses."Earlier, thrashing and winnowing would take several days and many hands. Now, with modern machines, we can finish in hours without wasting any grain," said Moqsood Ahmad Bhat, a farmer from Kupwara.Farmers also note a sharp reduction in post-harvest losses. "We would lose a good part of our produce during manual thrashing. Now...