Minister in control of Mandya district N. Cheluvarayaswamy presiding over a evaluate assembly in Mandya on Friday.
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Practically 1.92 lakh hectares of agricultural land will likely be introduced below crop cultivation in Mandya this yr.
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M.A. SRIRAM
Good pre-monsoon rains adopted by well timed onset of south west monsoon has kindled hopes of a very good harvest and crop yield amongst farmers in Mandya.
In view of the beneficial climate situations, the Agriculture Division has set a goal of bringing 1,66,590 hectares below cultivation through the monsoon season. Deputy Commissioner Kumar stated the realm below cultivation within the pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons will likely be 1,92,103 hectares.
He offered an outline of the agricultural scenario to the district in cost Minister N. Cheluvaraysaswamy at a evaluate assembly right here on Friday.
It was identified that through the summer time season, crops had been cultivated over a complete space of 13,463 hectares of which 11,208 hectares was introduced below paddy, whereas 1,820 hectares was introduced below millet. The harvesting of the summer time crops is below course of at current, Dr. Kumar stated.
Within the pre-monsoon season, pulses had been cultivated on 15,906 hectares and sesame (ellu) on 4,476 hectares which totalled 20,382 hectares of crop space. As well as, sugarcane cultivation has been taken up, and its space of cultivation is 36,435 hectares.
The lifeline of Mandya district is Krishnaraja Sagar reservoir and resulting from heavy rains within the catchment space of the river Cauvery, the dam is predicted to succeed in its full degree of 124.80 ft. early this yr. The water degree as on June 6 was 107.68 ft., stated the authorities.
Coupled with comfy storage place within the reservoir, the district has been blessed with copious rains up to now. In opposition to a traditional rainfall of 176.7 mm for the interval April 1 to June 6, the district has acquired 247.7 mm. The traditional rainfall for April is 46.6 mm towards which the district acquired 82.2 mm and in Could, it acquired 161.2 mm of rainfall towards a traditional of 99.9 mm.
The demand for seeds of varied crops estimated through the present season is 11,256 quintals, whereas for paddy it was 8,522 quintals. However the inventory out there at numerous warehouses of Karnataka State Seed Company (KSSC), Nationwide Seed Company (NSC), VC Farm and so on., was 18,138 quintals.
Primarily based on taluk-wise calls for, 6,544 quintals of paddy seeds and a couple of,053 quintals of ragi or millet seed have been ordered from KSSC, whereas 2,298 quintals of paddy seeds will likely be procured from NSC.
There are 31 Raitha Samparka Kendras within the district other than 16 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and 80 Main Agricultural Cooperative Societies by means of which the seeds will likely be distributed, the authorities added.
The district administration has additionally dominated out scarcity of fertilisers and has pegged the demand at 73,065 metric tons. This consists of 32,543 MT for the interval April to June.
The farmers have additionally been urged to enrol for crop insurance coverage below Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and efforts will likely be made to extend crop insurance coverage protection within the district, stated Dr.Kumar. Joint Director of Agriculture V.S.Ashok, and others had been current.
Printed – June 06, 2025 08:42 pm IST
