large number of farmers in the district has been getting benefits under the paddy and pulses crop exhibition programme of Kharif season 2013. They get good production by proper usage of fertilizers and seeds and their hard work. They are happy that this year they would get full production of their crops. Agriculture officers and scientists the other day reviewed the crop of the farmers and encouraged them.
In this regard, deputy director agriculture BK Bijroniya said that the farmers of the district by coming forward in the direction of advanced cultivation, were using modern fertilizers and seeds in a balanced manner. Besides, they were cultivating paddy and maize through row system and mixed cultivation of Urad-Arhar and other oilseeds crops, he added.
He said that a joint team of agriculture officers, scientists from Narayanpur Krishi Vigyan Kendra and officers from horticulture department visited and examined the exhibition of different crops in a villages of Narayanpur development block recently.
In Karlakha, Guriya and Sulenga villages, the team perused the hybrid US-312 paddy variety. Then the team inspected the maize crop of farmers Ghasi and Tholuram in village Bhatpal and TAU-1 variety of Urad of farmer Jagat in Bhiragaon village. In all these places maize crop is ready for harvesting.
Because of the continuous rainfall, paddy crops at many a places have been suffered neckrot and other diseases. The team has given necessary suggestions to the farmers of the affected areas to get rid of such diseases.
The scientists discussed the problems of cultivation with the farmers and gave proper suggestions and told them to contact the field staff of the agriculture department in case of any attack of insecticides in their crop.
District programme coordinator AK Naag, assistant director (garden) RBS Baghel, scientists MP Sahu and MR Urre and other officers were present with the team.