A total of 1.6 lakh hectares have been brought under cultivation in the district so far during the current crop season compared to 91,165 hectares covered last year.
The State Government has set a target of 6.548 lakh tonnes of food production for the district during the current year.
As far as paddy is concerned, ‘kar’ and ‘samba’ crops have been raised in 585 hectares and 965 hectares respectively.
The paddy production registered so far is 7,440 tonnes.
Millets have been raised in 37,023 hectares.
Cholam has got the lion’s share and it has been raised in 23,168 hectares followed by Makkacholam in 8,760 hectares, Raghi in 1,888 hectares, Kambu in 1,610 hectares and minor millets such as samai, thinai, varagu, kuthiravali in 1,597 hectares.
The district has achieved 1.40 lakh tonnes of millets production so far against a target of 4.40 lakh tonnes. Against a target of 91,300 hectares, pulses have been raised so far in 36,886 hectares.
With regard to oil seeds, about 21,600 hectares have been brought under cultivation – groundnut 18,834 hectares, ellu 2,068 hectares, sunflower 22 hectares and castor 583 hectares.
The district has already achieved 45,864 tonnes of oil seeds against a target of 67,680 tonnes, N. Elango, Joint Director of Agriculture, said while addressing the farmers’ grievances day meeting held at the collectorate here recently.
Cotton and sugarcane are other major field crops in the district. While cotton has been raised in 4,371 hectares so far, sugarcane has been raised in 4,269 hectares.
Source : The Hindu
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