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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Drought aggravates farm distress in South -Vishwanath Kulkarni

Drought aggravates farm distress in South -Vishwanath Kulkarni

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published Published on Jan 12, 2017   modified Modified on Jan 12, 2017
-The Hindu Business Line

Bengaluru: Farmers in Karnataka, like their counterparts in other states who have been impacted by the drop in prices and cash shortage triggered by demonetisation, have another problem to contend with — crop loss on account of the failure of rains.

It has been a kind of a triple whammy for farmers in the region. Besides being forced to reap a lower kharif output on account of a deficient South-West monsoon, farmers have had to deal with the price drop on account of a bumper harvest in other parts of the country.

Meanwhile, the failure of the North-East monsoon has aggravated their woes. Rainfall from the South-West Monsoon and North-East Monsoon was down by at least 21 per cent and 70 per cent, respectively, over the normal in South Interior Karnataka.

Third straight drought

This ongoing drought is the third successive one being witnessed by Karnataka and is one of the most severe. As one traverses towards Kerala from Mysuru, large tracts of prepared lands that have been left empty for want of rain.

“There is no hope for a second crop this year,” said Kurbur Shantkumar, Chairman of the Karnataka Cane Growers Association. The government should immediately take up steps to ensure supplies of fodder for cattle and arrange drinking water in rural areas.

“The situation is so severe that even the standing crops of banana, maize and sugarcane is drying up in several areas,” he added. Drought has aggravated the problems of farmers in the region and prices of fodder have shot up rapidly in the past few months, which farmers said could even affect milk output. The leaves of sugarcane, which are generally discarded while harvesting, have all of a sudden found favour among cattle rearers as an acute fodder shortage prevails in the region.

“There was a problem in using the Rs. 2,000 note, but the bank has started issuing Rs. 500 notes in recent days. I am more worried about the crop loss due to lack of rains rather than the cash shortage or availability,” said Mahadevamma, a small farmer of Nerale village in HD Kote Taluk of Mysuru district.

“We had to just contend with the single crop of ragi this year and the crop size is lower than last year due to lack of adequate rainfall,” she adds.

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The Hindu Business Line, 10 January, 2017, http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/drought-aggravates-farm-distress-in-south/article9471514.ece


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