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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Weak Monsoon Prediction Puts Farmers in a Fix -Naveen Kumar Tallam

Weak Monsoon Prediction Puts Farmers in a Fix -Naveen Kumar Tallam

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published Published on Jun 24, 2014   modified Modified on Jun 24, 2014
-The New Indian Express

 

KARIMNAGAR: With a weak monsoon predicted for this season by weather officials, farmers who want to prepare for Kharif are in a fix. Upland area farmers in Husnabad, Illanthakunta, Sircilla, Bheemdeverapalli, Elkathurthy and some other mandals are facing a miserable situation as they have to depend on rain god and borewells in the absence of irrigation facility.

Those farmers in other areas and depending on canals, local tanks and, of course, the rain god have started preparations for sowing the Kharif crops. According official reports, about -32.5" deficit rainfall registered in the district so far. In view of the weak monsoon, agriculture officials expect the crop area reduced by 42,700 hectares. In the 2013 Kharif season, it was 5,61,049 hectares and in the 2014 season it is expected to be 5,18,349 hectares.

Enabati Bikshapathi from Manikyapur in Bheemdeverapalli, who raised paddy, maize and cotton in his 5-acre land, suffered a 50 per cent yield loss last year and is now hesitating to get into the act. He desperately seeks rain god's mercy. He has a 120-ft-deep agricultural well but water is available to a mere height of 3 feet. If he starts irrigating his field, the available water won't be sufficient even to wet half of the field. Moreover, electricity should be available when needed. Supply of adequate quantities of paddy seeds from the nearby cooperative society will be another problem he will encounter.

In the district, the main crops raised are paddy, maize and cotton. This time, agriculture officials estimate the area under paddy crop to be 1,63,574 hectares (2,13,934 hectares last year), maize 57,432 hectares (63,540 last year) and cotton 2,30,589 hectares (2,33,248 hectares last Kharif).

Joint director of agriculture B Prasad claims that there is no shortage of seeds and fertilizers and advises farmers to lift the stock as per their requirement and not to resort to hoarding which may result in shortage and deprive other farmers of seeds and fertilizers. About 1,06,016 quintals of fertilizer is available now and seeds have been allotted to the district on 50 % subsidy. Cotton seeds (Mahyco and others) have been allotted more than the indent.

"We had placed an indent for 14,13,050 quintals and were allotted 14,64,550 quintals by the government. We have distributed 3,92,069 quintals of seeds so far and are keeping a stock of 7,59,672 quintals," the joint director said.


The New Indian Express, 23 June, 2014, http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/Weak-Monsoon-Prediction-Puts-Farmers-in-a-Fix/2014/06/23/article2294844.ece


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