With the market price of cotton rising to ₹14,000 per quintal, the acreage in Nellore district is expected to increase five-fold to 50,000 acres.
With the market price of cotton rising to ₹14,000 per quintal, the acreage in Nellore district is expected to increase five-fold to 50,000 acres.
Due to abundant rains and comfortable storage in major reservoirs, the farmers of South Coastal Andhra Pradesh have started cultivating crops during the Rabi season with great anticipation.
SPSR Nellore district has recorded 1094.2 mm of rainfall in the water year so far against the normal rainfall of 593.3 mm. According to a report compiled by the Agriculture Department, the Somsila and Kandaleru reservoirs have a combined storage of 120 tmcft of water after floods in the Penna River catchment areas.
All the irrigation tanks in the district have been filled with water. Joint Director of Agriculture Nellore G. According to Sudhakar, this time the weather conditions are favorable for cultivation of various crops in six lakh acres including paddy in 4 lakh acres in the district.
Agriculture assistant director A said farmers expect Bengal gram, the major pulse crop, to move to upland areas under rainfed conditions in 40,000 acres, followed by black gram in 15,000 acres, sesame in 6,000 acres and green gram in 5,000 acres. Will happen. Narsoji Rao.
With the market price of cotton rising to ₹14,000 per quintal, the acreage of ‘white gold’ is expected to increase five times to 50,000 acres this time.
In Prakasam district, the department has set a target of crop coverage of 4.14 lakh acres during Rabi.
Prakasam’s agriculture joint director S. Srinivasa Rao said that farmers would grow Bengal gram in 1.48 lakh acres, paddy in 49,000 acres and black gram in 54,000 acres.
The drought-hit district had reached near normal rainfall. So far 532.4 mm of rain has been recorded against the normal rainfall of 606 mm. Northeast monsoon rains will help the district to meet this shortfall.
Meanwhile, United Kisan Morcha Prakasam District Convenor Ch. Ranga Rao urged the state government to announce the minimum guarantee price for various crops at the beginning of the harvest season after analyzing the commodity futures market so that farmers can take a well-informed decision as to which crop to grow.