Farmers Shift Cultivation from Paddy to Maize

Kudige, July 20: In the wake of the decline in rainfall in the district, farmers in the Achukattu area of ​​Harangi Dam have started growing maize in their paddy fields using a small amount of tube well water. Farmers from more than 50 sub-villages of 7 gram panchayats under Kushalnagar taluk are mostly engaged in dairy farming along with farming. Paddy grass is a very useful food for cows along with green fodder for dairy farming. However, this year, due to the drought, farmers have cautiously switched to maize. Since the rainfall this time has been very low, the water in the tube wells has also decreased and the maize crop is also drying up in many villages. In some places, white rot disease has appeared and the crop has been destroyed. Hundreds of farmers have demanded that officials from the Agriculture Department visit the farmers' lands, inspect them, and provide appropriate compensation.

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