High enter value, lack of remunerative worth result in dwindling acreage in most ayacut areas
High enter value, lack of remunerative worth result in dwindling acreage in most ayacut areas
After the Godavari delta, it’s now the flip of Rayalaseema to ponder the ‘crop holiday’ possibility. Though water is offered aplenty, the excessive enter value and unremunerative market have apparently made the farmer drop the plough.
The palpable unhappiness in farmers has taken a critical flip and isn’t restricted to a district or a selected ayacut, however is unfold throughout Rayalaseema-Nellore. Kurnool Cuddapah (KC) Canal, which has an official ayacut of 90,000 acres, typically will get prepared for its second crop in round 50,000 acres by July, however there may be hardly a semblance of exercise.
Most farmers go for paddy, whereas a couple of choose groundnut and turmeric right here. “Fifty per cent of farmers are dropping cultivation this season due to unfavourable conditions,” says Iragamreddy Venkata Maheswara Reddy, former chairman of KC Canal Distributory Committee, Mydukur. Mr. Reddy, whose forefathers had held the submit of Village Munsiff, is now prepared to supply his 30-acre land on lease, however has no takers.
The scenario below minor irrigation tanks within the drought-prone belt is worse. Paddy cultivation below Rangasamudram tank within the arid Thamballapalle constituency of Annamayya district, which reaches 1,000 acres usually, could not contact 100 acres this time. “Our farmers are so disenchanted that paddy will be grown for personal use, as sale is no longer fetching,” quips Konareddy Mallikarjuna Reddy, a progressive farmer.
Even the rice-rich Somasila ayacut has its cup of woes. Buoyed by considerable water availability, the Irrigation Advisory Board (IAB) has really helpful sowing in 4 lakh acres for the second crop, however hardly 50,000 acres are anticipated to go below the plough. “Generally, the acreage swells beyond the recommended figure, but it is dwindling for the first time,” says Federation of Farmers’ Associations (FFA) State secretary Chirasani S.R. Koti Reddy, hailing from Dagadarthi Mandal of Nellore district.
Diesel worth hike
The frequent thread passing by means of all of the above circumstances is the excessive enter value and lack of remunerative worth. The diesel worth hike has had a direct influence on tractor hire, slew of welfare schemes made farm, labour expensive and the unremunerative market worth has proved to be a disincentive. “Instead of clamping regulatory control on farmers, the government should consider exporting the surplus rice. When we are exporting spices and prawns, why not rice to China, which is an evergreen market?” wonders FFA All India honorary president P. Chengal Reddy. He mentioned the federal government needn’t nurse any undue fear on meals safety within the foreseeable future and unshackle the poor farmer.
Source: www.thehindu.com
