Rabi crops are expected to be sown on 29 thousand hectares in Bokaro district this year.The district agriculture department is mulling to cultivate mustard on a large scale; kept a target to yield Rabi crops in 29,700 hectares of land, which has not seen a single boost during the past 10 years.
Despite the sturdy initiative of the government and amidst all odds the target of yielding either ‘rabi’ or ‘Kharif’ crops have not seen any change during the past ten years in the district, official sources informed. “The geographical area of Bokaro is around 2.80 lakhs hectare while actual agriculture land is 87 thousand hectares and around 58 thousand hectares the land belongs to the forest in the district,” he said.
The department has fixed a target for rabi crops in the district and we are at work to make the farmers aware of the high yield of their crops, informed Rajiv Kumar Mishra District Agriculture Officer Bokaro.
“We have asked the officials to keep a regular visit in their respective areas in a bid to root out the problems faced by farmers (in farming),” added Mishra. The major crops of the season are Mustered, Gram, Pea, Wheat, Maize, Pulses, Lentils and Tisi. We have planned to cultivate mustard on a large scale, expected to be sown on 11,000 hectares, wheat is expected to be sown on 4000 hectares of land, Gram (8000), Lentils (2000), Pea and Tisi on 1500 hectares of land, he said.