Jumla. Farmers here are in trouble as crops are drying up due to lack of rain and snow in the winter season this year in the district. Jaya Budha, a local of Tila Rural Municipality-1, informed that winter crops have started drying up.
Since there is no irrigation facility in the village, farmers have been farming with the help of sky water. Due to lack of rain for a long time, the winter crops planted by farmers have started drying up. This season is the time to plant new apple seedlings, especially.
He said that farmers here are suffering due to lack of rain and snow even after the last week of Magh. Wheat, barley and various vegetables are planted as winter crops in the district. Farmers in the district are worried that these crops are drying up in the fields due to lack of rain and snow.
In the past years, there was rain and snow from time to time. Farmers here say that due to lack of timely rain this year, the yield will decrease. In the past years, there was snow every winter and the yield was high. But in recent years, there has been very little snow, so the yield has also decreased.
Ward Chairman of Tila Rural Municipality-1, Jung Bahadur Basnet, said that the lack of irrigation facilities is affecting the winter crops. There is a total area of 253,100 hectares of land across the district. Of this, 38,486 hectares are cultivable land, while 26,435 hectares are under cultivation.
Khemraj Shahi, Chief of the Prime Minister’s Agricultural Modernization Project Implementation Unit, Jumla, informed that 3,650 hectares of irrigated land are available. The Prime Minister’s Agricultural Modernization Project, Jumla, has stated that 15.21 percent of the total area of the district is cultivable land.
Of the cultivable land, irrigation facilities have been provided to 8,442 hectares so far, while irrigation schemes are being gradually constructed on the remaining cultivable land, Chief Shah said. This year, the lack of rain in winter is expected to have the biggest impact on the agricultural sector across the country.
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