The ‘kuruvai’ package scheme being implemented in the
district has gone down well with the farmers who have resorted to
mechanised transplantation of the short duration variety suitable to the
season.
The farmers of Sirkali taluk have been
resorting to the mechanised transplantation of paddy nurseries. Villages
in and around Tiruvazhi have taken up the transplanting process. The
Agriculture Department has made necessary arrangements for supply of
fertiliser and other agricultural inputs. The paddy is planned to be
raised on 15,000 acres under the package scheme and the subsidy is being
credited into the farmers’ savings accounts, said Collector S.
Palanisamy. He said that Rs. 80 lakh has been allotted towards meeting
the expenditure for mechanical transplanting of nurseries. He urged the
farmers to set right the deficiency in micro-nutrients. The Agriculture
Department would spend Rs. 2.38 lakh to supply micro nutrients. Further,
zinc sulphate worth Rs. 8.40 lakh would be distributed to farmers, he
said.
J. Sekar, Joint Director of Agriculture, said
that the green manure would be cultivated in the Vennar area. A subsidy
of Rs. 1,900 an acre would be released to farmers cultivating green
manure.
Source : The Hindu
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