Maize farmer’s
demands “adequate compensation” for maize crop failure in Balangir
Farmers had
cultivated
JKMH-502variety
Atotal of
980hectres maize suffered lossand2760farmershave been affected.
Balangir;The effort
of government to promote Hybrid maize cultivation in Balangir district suffered a setback as the maize cultivated by villagers of Upparjhar andNuanpali
in Degoan block, did not bear fruit leaving
farmers to suffer a heavy loss
This year
the agriculture department had given us JKMH-502seeds in June this year and we had
cultivated it while villagers of Nuanpali had cultivated in 200hectares in Upparjhar
village it has been taken up in 250acres said a villager.
There is
hardly any maize seedin the maize fruit , in the plant and out of the100maize trees,
in a field, maize has come up in barely 20plant and that too in small size
alleged another villagers.
We informed
this to agriculture official who advised us to wait for some time and it would grow
further, alleged a villager.
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