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Farmers asked to cultivate irrigated dry crops
The officials are conducting awareness camps among farmers saying that ID crops are profitable during rabi than paddy crop as it requires huge quantity of water.
Srikakulam: Agriculture officials are encouraging farmers towards cultivation of irrigated dry (ID) crops during current rabi season. With the initiation of Collector K Dhanunjaya Reddy, agriculture officials are encouraging farmers to take up ID crops cultivation in an extent of 3.75 lakh acres across the district. The officials are conducting awareness camps among farmers saying that ID crops are profitable during rabi than paddy crop as it requires huge quantity of water.
The officials have also supplied seeds for maize, black and green gram crops with 50 per cent subsidy than open market rate. For finger millets crop seeds would be supplied at free of cost. Government issued a special GO alone for Srikakulam district recently to provide these seeds on subsidy basis and at free of cost. Along with these four ID crops, officials are encouraging farmers for cultivation of groundnut crop also.
“If a farmer gets Rs 15,000 profit per acre by cultivating paddy, the same farmer can get Rs 35,000 as profit by cultivating maize crop,” said Agriculture Joint Director G Rama Rao. Farm fields situated in ayacut areas of Madduvalasa reservoir, Gotta barrage project on Vamsadahara, Thotapalli project and Narayanapuram ayacut are favourable to cultivate ID crops during current rabi season.
Irrigation and agriculture officials are planning to provide sufficient water for these crops till its ripening stage. “ID crops are essential during rabi season to protect essence and minerals of soil and these crops are also profitable to farmers,” Collector K Dhanunjaya Reddy told The Hans India. “We are conducting awareness among farmers at mandal-level to encourage them for ID crops,” Joint Director of Agriculture G Rama Rao said.
