Kashmir Kashmir Valley expecting ‘record-breaking’ paddy crop this season despite low rainfall
Srinagar: Farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are expecting a “record-breaking” harvest of 10 lakh metric tonnes of paddy this season despite low rainfall received by the region this year.
According to Syed Altaf Ajaz Andrabi, Director of Agriculture, the Union Territory has wonderful cropping season this year.
“We are harvesting a record-breaking crop here this year. In some areas, we are harvesting 75-78 quintal per hectare,” Andrabi told ANI.
"Jammu and Kashmir has farming land spread across 1,41,000 hectares, on which, it is expecting 10 lakh metric tonnes of paddy crop, that is 72 to 74 quintal per hectare,” the agriculture director told ANI.
“However, estimates are yet to come,” he added.
All thanks to the department, which substituted the low rainfall by continuous water supply, said Fayaz Ahmad, a farmer in the valley.
“Despite low rainfall in the region, we have harvested more as compared to the last year,” he added.
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