Field staff of the Agriculture Department was imparted information about better farming system right from sowing stage to harvesting of Kharif crops and the species that provide maximum production by experts from Agriculture Science Centre and Agriculture College on Friday here.
As 96 per cent area of Janjgir-Champa is under paddy cultivation, the field staff has been imparted training so that they could take the cutting edge technology of paddy cultivation to the farmers of the district.
While inaugurating the programme, Additional Collector SK Sharma said that Kharif crops would be cultivated in 2.56 lakh hectares of the district. As the district has 92 per cent irrigated area, agriculture production is high.
Sharma asked the field staff to work along with the farmers and give them more information about modern methods of cultivation.
Deputy Director, lM Bhagat informed farmers about the exhibitions under different schemes during the
Kharif season.
Agriculture Engineer Sameer Shantaiah said that mechanised farming has become the need of the hour. With farm mechanization, the production increases to 10 to 15 per cent and it saves labour and time also.
He said that with the help of marker machine, paddy cultivation could be done in a specific distance and line. He informed about Power Weeder, Rodavetar, Paddy Drum Seeder machines also. Subject expert Shashikant Suryawanshi informed about better system of paddy sowing and selection of variety based on the variety of soil.
He asked the farmers to sow Kalinga, Vanprabha, Aditya, Tulsi, Poornima varieties in unirrigated areas and Kranti, Mahamaya, Karma, Masuri, Kasturi, Chandrahasini and mixed varieties in irrigated area.