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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Crop calendar to guide farmers

Crop calendar to guide farmers

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published Published on Jul 1, 2014   modified Modified on Jul 1, 2014
-The Hindu


Kolkata: The West Bengal government has come up with a comprehensive crop calendar to guide farmers, senior officials said on Saturday.

"From sowing to harvesting, details about the quality of seeds, manure and fertilisers - the calendar will come in handy for farmers," an official of the State Agriculture department said, adding that it will be distributed free of cost to 3,000 farmers in each block. The Trinamool Congress website also endorsed the initiative by stating that the calendar will "carry information about monthly weather patterns, pesticides as well as various governmental schemes for farmers".

"The calendars are not for a single season. Rather, they are beneficial over a long period of time. Literate farmers have also been instructed to help out illiterate farmers about the contents of the calendar," the party website said. According to officials, the calendar has been drawn up by experts and gives information on planting, sowing and harvesting periods of crops in specific agro-ecological zones.

The calendar serves the purpose of an astronomical almanac, providing details of auspicious times for rituals, festivals and celebrations.

Earlier this week, the State government had announced it will stress on organic farming and will set up a hi-tech food preservation institute at Malda.


The Hindu, 29 June, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/crop-calendar-to-guide-farmers/article6159092.ece


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