Kanchanpur. So far, 48 percent of the paddy has been sown in Kanchanpur. According to Dharma Saud, Assistant Crop Development Officer of Krishi Gyan Kendra Kanchanpur, paddy is cultivated in an area of 48,496 hectares in the district.
Out of which, paddy has been sown in an area of 23,278 hectares. He said that as the rains continue, 80 percent of the paddy sowing will be completed within the next two weeks.
The production of paddy is four metric tons per hectare. Farmers have been cultivating the Sarju 52 variety of paddy in particular. After that, Radha 4, Sukhkha 1 and 2, and Bahuguni Lagat paddy are being cultivated. Official Saud says that rice production is increasing every year as rice cultivation has started in Chaitra in areas with irrigation facilities.
Although the rains have been delayed, farmers have been advancing the rice planting work due to the availability of irrigation. In areas with Mahakali irrigation facilities, farmers have been doing the planting work since the last week of Jestha. In areas without canals, farmers have been irrigating the fields from shallow tube wells and deep tube wells since the first week of Asard and have been doing the planting work by moving the fields.
Irrigation facilities are available from the Mahakali irrigation canal in some areas including Bhimdatta Municipality, Bedkot Municipality, Beldandi Rural Municipality and Belauri Municipality. Farmers in other areas have been irrigating their paddy fields with shallow tubewells and deep tubewells installed privately and under subsidy.
Farmers who rely on sky-water for irrigation and do not have access to irrigation facilities have also continued their paddy planting work with the rain water that fell from last night to this morning. Farmer Bil Bahadur Chaudhary of Shuklaphanta Municipality-3 said that they have been irrigating their fields with the help of shallow tubewells due to lack of sufficient rainfall. “We received chemical fertilizers on time,” he said. “We have dug shallow tubewells in the fields under subsidy, and we have been irrigating and planting paddy through them.”
He said that despite the increased cost, he is optimistic that paddy production will increase as the planting is on time. Agricultural knowledge centers, municipalities, etc. have been providing subsidies to farmers for modern farming methods, including rice seeds, pesticides, agricultural tools and machinery. Farmers are currently planting more hybrid rice varieties that yield more than local varieties.
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