Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 73,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'catslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 73,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'catslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 74,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 74,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Code Context
            if (Configure::read('debug')) {

                trigger_error($message, E_USER_WARNING);

            } else {
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67f5c388262a6-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67f5c388262a6-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67f5c388262a6-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26352,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Indian Express
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Indian Express, 30 October, 2014, http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators/99/&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674390,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 26352,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;crop damage,Cyclone Nilofar,cotton,Agriculture,farming&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-The Indian Express


Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.


Saurashtra...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Indian Express&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26352,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Indian Express
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Indian Express, 30 October, 2014, http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators/99/&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674390,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 26352
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;crop damage,Cyclone Nilofar,cotton,Agriculture,farming&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-The Indian Express


Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.


Saurashtra...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Indian Express&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-The Indian Express


Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.


Saurashtra..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-The Indian Express</div><p align="justify"><em>Rajkot (Gujarat): </em>Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.</p><p align="justify">Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.</p><p align="justify">Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.</p><p align="justify">&quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.</p><p align="justify">Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.</p><p align="justify">President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&quot; Vadavia said.</p><p align="justify">Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&quot; said Bavarva.</p><p align="justify">In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.</p><p align="justify">Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.</p><p align="justify">Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.</p>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$maxBufferLength = (int) 8192
$file = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php'
$line = (int) 853
$message = 'Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853'
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Code Context
            $response->getStatusCode(),

            ($reasonPhrase ? ' ' . $reasonPhrase : '')

        ));
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67f5c388262a6-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67f5c388262a6-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67f5c388262a6-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26352,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Indian Express
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Indian Express, 30 October, 2014, http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators/99/&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674390,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 26352,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;crop damage,Cyclone Nilofar,cotton,Agriculture,farming&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-The Indian Express


Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.


Saurashtra...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Indian Express&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26352,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Indian Express
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Indian Express, 30 October, 2014, http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators/99/&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674390,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 26352
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;crop damage,Cyclone Nilofar,cotton,Agriculture,farming&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-The Indian Express


Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.


Saurashtra...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Indian Express&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-The Indian Express


Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.


Saurashtra..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-The Indian Express</div><p align="justify"><em>Rajkot (Gujarat): </em>Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.</p><p align="justify">Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.</p><p align="justify">Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.</p><p align="justify">&quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.</p><p align="justify">Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.</p><p align="justify">President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&quot; Vadavia said.</p><p align="justify">Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&quot; said Bavarva.</p><p align="justify">In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.</p><p align="justify">Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.</p><p align="justify">Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.</p>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$reasonPhrase = 'OK'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitStatusLine() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 54
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
Code Context
                    $value

                ), $first);

                $first = false;
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67f5c388262a6-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f5c388262a6-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67f5c388262a6-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67f5c388262a6-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26352,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Indian Express
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Indian Express, 30 October, 2014, http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators/99/&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674390,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 26352,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;crop damage,Cyclone Nilofar,cotton,Agriculture,farming&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-The Indian Express


Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.


Saurashtra...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Indian Express&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 26352,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Indian Express
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.
&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Indian Express, 30 October, 2014, http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators/99/&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4674390,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 26352
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;crop damage,Cyclone Nilofar,cotton,Agriculture,farming&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-The Indian Express


Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.


Saurashtra...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Indian Express&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rajkot (Gujarat): &lt;/em&gt;Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&amp;quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &amp;quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&amp;quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &amp;quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&amp;quot; Vadavia said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &amp;quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&amp;quot; said Bavarva.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &amp;quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&amp;quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &amp;quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&amp;quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-The Indian Express


Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.


Saurashtra..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-The Indian Express</div><p align="justify"><em>Rajkot (Gujarat): </em>Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.</p><p align="justify">Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.</p><p align="justify">Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.</p><p align="justify">&quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.</p><p align="justify">Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.</p><p align="justify">President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&quot; Vadavia said.</p><p align="justify">Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&quot; said Bavarva.</p><p align="justify">In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.</p><p align="justify">Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.</p><p align="justify">Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.</p>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$cookies = []
$values = [
	(int) 0 => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
]
$name = 'Content-Type'
$first = true
$value = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitHeaders() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 55
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

<head>

    <link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo Configure::read('SITE_URL'); ?><?php echo $urlPrefix;?><?php echo $article_current->category->slug; ?>/<?php echo $article_current->seo_url; ?>.html"/>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

$viewFile = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp'
$dataForView = [
	'article_current' => object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		'id' => (int) 26352,
		'title' => 'Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya',
		'subheading' => '',
		'description' => '<div align="justify">
-The Indian Express
</div>
<p align="justify">
<em>Rajkot (Gujarat): </em>Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.
</p>
<p align="justify">
&quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.
</p>
<p align="justify">
President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&quot; Vadavia said.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&quot; said Bavarva.
</p>
<p align="justify">
In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.
</p>',
		'credit_writer' => 'The Indian Express, 30 October, 2014, http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators/99/',
		'article_img' => '',
		'article_img_thumb' => '',
		'status' => (int) 1,
		'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
		'lang' => 'EN',
		'category_id' => (int) 16,
		'tag_keyword' => '',
		'seo_url' => 'forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390',
		'meta_title' => null,
		'meta_keywords' => null,
		'meta_description' => null,
		'noindex' => (int) 0,
		'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		'most_visit_section_id' => null,
		'article_big_img' => null,
		'liveid' => (int) 4674390,
		'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'edate' => '',
		'tags' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		'[new]' => false,
		'[accessible]' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[hasErrors]' => false,
		'[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[repository]' => 'Articles'
	
	},
	'articleid' => (int) 26352,
	'metaTitle' => 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya',
	'metaKeywords' => 'crop damage,Cyclone Nilofar,cotton,Agriculture,farming',
	'metaDesc' => '
-The Indian Express


Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.


Saurashtra...',
	'disp' => '<div align="justify">-The Indian Express</div><p align="justify"><em>Rajkot (Gujarat): </em>Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.</p><p align="justify">Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.</p><p align="justify">Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.</p><p align="justify">&quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.</p><p align="justify">Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.</p><p align="justify">President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&quot; Vadavia said.</p><p align="justify">Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&quot; said Bavarva.</p><p align="justify">In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.</p><p align="justify">Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.</p><p align="justify">Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.</p>',
	'lang' => 'English',
	'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/',
	'site_title' => 'im4change',
	'adminprix' => 'admin'
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	'id' => (int) 26352,
	'title' => 'Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya',
	'subheading' => '',
	'description' => '<div align="justify">
-The Indian Express
</div>
<p align="justify">
<em>Rajkot (Gujarat): </em>Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.
</p>
<p align="justify">
&quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.
</p>
<p align="justify">
President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&quot; Vadavia said.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&quot; said Bavarva.
</p>
<p align="justify">
In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.
</p>
<p align="justify">
Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.
</p>',
	'credit_writer' => 'The Indian Express, 30 October, 2014, http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators/99/',
	'article_img' => '',
	'article_img_thumb' => '',
	'status' => (int) 1,
	'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
	'lang' => 'EN',
	'category_id' => (int) 16,
	'tag_keyword' => '',
	'seo_url' => 'forecast-of-rain-winds-worries-groundnut-cotton-cultivators-gopal-b-kateshiya-4674390',
	'meta_title' => null,
	'meta_keywords' => null,
	'meta_description' => null,
	'noindex' => (int) 0,
	'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	'most_visit_section_id' => null,
	'article_big_img' => null,
	'liveid' => (int) 4674390,
	'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'edate' => '',
	'tags' => [
		(int) 0 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	'[new]' => false,
	'[accessible]' => [
		'*' => true,
		'id' => false
	],
	'[dirty]' => [],
	'[original]' => [],
	'[virtual]' => [],
	'[hasErrors]' => false,
	'[errors]' => [],
	'[invalid]' => [],
	'[repository]' => 'Articles'

}
$articleid = (int) 26352
$metaTitle = 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya'
$metaKeywords = 'crop damage,Cyclone Nilofar,cotton,Agriculture,farming'
$metaDesc = '
-The Indian Express


Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.


Saurashtra...'
$disp = '<div align="justify">-The Indian Express</div><p align="justify"><em>Rajkot (Gujarat): </em>Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried.</p><p align="justify">Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch.</p><p align="justify">Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops.</p><p align="justify">&quot;Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break,&quot; said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district.</p><p align="justify">Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms &quot;My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged,&quot; Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said.</p><p align="justify">President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. &quot;The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop,&quot; Vadavia said.</p><p align="justify">Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. &quot;Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?,&quot; said Bavarva.</p><p align="justify">In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. &quot;Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton,&quot; Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said.</p><p align="justify">Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained.</p><p align="justify">Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. &quot;We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days,&quot; district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.</p>'
$lang = 'English'
$SITE_URL = 'https://im4change.in/'
$site_title = 'im4change'
$adminprix = 'admin'

include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51

Forecast of rain, winds worries groundnut, cotton cultivators -Gopal B Kateshiya

-The Indian Express Rajkot (Gujarat): Even as the Met department said that cyclonic storm Nilofar may not hit Kutch and Saurashtra coasts with the ferocity feared earlier, the forecast of rain and gusty winds have cultivators of groundnut and cotton worried. Saurashtra produces around 90 per cent of groundnut and around 60 per cent of cotton of the state. Farmers fear that the cyclone may damage to the twin cash crops. These crops are also sown on a large scale in Kutch. Nilofar is expected to make landfall on Friday or early Saturday near Naliya in Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The Met department has predicted that under the effect of the cyclone, Kutch and Saurashtra will experience heavy to very heavy rain and winds gusting up to 80 km per hour. While the state government is working hard to mitigate the impact of the natural calamity, farmers fear the unseasonal rain and strong winds may wreck havoc on their crops. "Only around 20 per cent of harvesting of groundnut has been completed while the cotton lints are ready for first picking of the season. If it rains with high velocity winds, cotton crop will be damaged completely as flowers and cotton bolls, which are peaking, will fall while the plant boughs may also break," said Shyamji Mayatra, president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), Kutch district. Farmers in Mandvi, Lakhtar, Mundra, Anjar, Bhuj, Nakhtrana and Abdasa talukas of Kutch grow cotton and groundnut on large scale. Mandvi and Mundra also have mango, date, coconut and chikoo (sapodilla) farms "My cotton crop, spread across 20 acres, is ready for first picking but finding labour is very difficult. If it rains, cotton crop will be a complete failure. Plants have shed a majority of their leaves due to adverse weather and nothing will be left if the bolls which have opened up are damaged," Surender Singh Bhullar, a farmer of Laija village in Mandvi taluka, said. President of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Morbi, Magan Vadavia said unseasonal rain and wind can damage cotton crop in Morbi which is among the largest cotton producing districts of Saurahtra. "The first cotton crop is peaking now as the monsoon had arrived late. The hot weather in past month had damaged the crop to some extent. Rains now can mean complete failure of this cash crop," Vadavia said. Magan Bavarva, a farmer of coastal Bhavpar village in Maliya taluka of Morbi said he was worried about his hay. "Jowar which I had grown for fodder is drying up in field. Government officers have advised to store it in godown. But where can I store such a large amount?," said Bavarva. In Gondal, which is known for groundnut cultivation, the situation is slightly better. "Around 25 per cent of groundnut has been harvested. But rains can damage crops up to 30 per cent. Pods would turn black and fodder would decay. But the biggest damage will be done to cotton," Gondal APMC chairman Jenti Dhol said. Manu Baldha, a farmer of Gundala village in Gondal taluka said that harvested groundnut was lying in field of many farmers of his village and that it might be damaged if it rained. Government officers concur rain and winds can damage the two important cash crops of the region. "We have advised farmers to do picking of cotton if labour is available while delay harvesting groundnut by a few days," district agriculture officer of Rajkot, Babu Agath told The Indian Express.