Sunday, November 7, 2021

Farmers hopeful of bumper harvest using compost

A farmer tilling the paddy land to prepare for Maha cultivation. Picture by I.L.M.Rizan.

About 215,000 acres of paddy will be cultivated during the Maha season 2021/22 in the Ampara district. Agricultural and Irrigation department officials request Ampara district farmers to complete their sowing of paddy for the Maha season before November 15.

The Maha season cultivation is commencing from October 15. Cultivation activities are in progress. Sugarcane and subsidiary food crops too will be cultivated during the Maha season. Farmers are hopeful for bumper harvest using compost fertilizer, the brainchild of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. They are certain that the President would guide them for a bumper harvest.

Most farmers are interested in growing red rice in the region. During the fast seasons, there was a high demand for the red rice variety. Most paddy farmers in the Akkaraipattu Irrigation region use certified seed paddy for cultivation. They obtain seed paddy from their seed paddy processing centres throughout the district.

Water facilities which will be provided by the D.S.Senanayaka Samudraya, one of the largest in the Ampara district, with the capacity of irrigating 770,000 acres.

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