The Agriculture Department has fixed 2.69 lakh hectares of land for sowing during the kharif season in Yadgir.
The area to sow cereals has been fixed at 81,250 hectares, for pulses it is 92,550 hectares, for oil seeds 36,980 hectares and commercial crops 58,412 hectares, Chetana Patil, Joint Director of Agriculture Department, said here on Thursday.
Green gram
Green gram will be sown on 31,000 hectares of land, red gram on 57,600 hectares, black gram on 2,000 hectares and paddy on 55,000 hectares, cotton on 55,000 hectares and sugarcane on 3,412 hectares, she said.
Dr. Patil said that the district requires 33,141 quintals of sowing seeds for the area fixed.
There is a need for 3,652 quintal of pulses seeds followed by 4,489 quintals of oil seeds, 14,000 quintals of cereals and 11,000 quintals of commercials crop seeds.
Requisition
She also added that a requisition to the Karnataka State Seeds Corporation had been sent to supply the required sowing seeds and the corporation has assured to supply them at the earliest. The district also requires 29,200 metric tonnes of fertilizer and a requisition has been sent to the Karnataka State Marketing Federation for the same.
The department has taken all initiatives to supply fertilizer to the farmers through the Raitha Samparka Kendra on demand, she said.
Farmers in some parts of the district, who experienced pre-monsoon showers, were preparing the fields to sow green gram, Dr. Patil said.
Green gram will be sown on 31,000 hectares
of land
‘District requires 29,200 tonnes
of fertilizer’
