Monsoon hits like drought, Kharif paddy farmers of Assam

Because it also coincides with the weather to transplant rice transplanting in paddy fields in a state with limited irrigation coverage and agriculture is largely dependent on rain, these districts are unable to transplant either due to lack of transplanting in more than half of the area to be cultivated for kharif paddy or farmers are unable to transplant. However, with rain in various regions since July 20, farmers are running to pudding the seedlings of soil and transplantation.

According to the data of the Agriculture Department, till Monday, 7.52 lakh hectares of kharif in 14 districts were identified as to experience the status of “drought like” from the paddy agricultural land, about 3.28 lakh hectares of land had not yet been cultivated. In 1.36 lakh hectares of land, transplantation was done, but transplanting was damaged due to lack of rain. It is estimated to affect 2.7 lakh agricultural families in 4,071 revenue villages.

An agriculture department official said that in normal years, the transplant process is completed by mid -July.

Kharif paddy, was transplanted in monsoon and cut in winter, is about 81% of Assam’s annual rice cultivation.

“There is another 10-15 days window for most farmers to transplant the popular varieties of paddy of this season. Planting is first grown in seed beds, and after a month, they are transplanted into the fields. For this, the main areas do not help go yet. The crops do not get transplanted, crops are implanted, and the window is limited, it is limited because it is limited, it is limited because it is limited, it is limited to the crops. And low yield can result in results, ”said an official of an agriculture department.

The situation has inspired the state government to swing in action, and in a meeting last week, the state cabinet recognized the situation as a “state specific disaster” and gave “in-principal approval” to the families affected by the State Disaster Relief Fund to expand compensation.

“As per SDRF criteria, compensation is Rs 17,000 per hectare for irrigated farming and is Rs 8,500 per hectare for less rain cultivation. It will be issued after assessing a loss, which is jointly done jointly by various departments including agriculture, revenue and statistics,” another official said.

“Other steps are also being taken. Community nursery has been established in all districts to change the destroyed rope. A drought advisor is also in the process of creating. It is also a new and unprecedented area, as it is not an issue that we have done in recent years. There was a similar situation in 2021.

Professor of Agricultural Meteorological Professor at Assam Agricultural University, Rajib Lochan Deka said that limited irrigation coverage in the state makes agriculture specifically sensitive to climate changes that are experiencing rapidly.

“खरीफ के मौसम के दौरान असम में धान की खेती बहुत भारी मानसून की वर्षा पर निर्भर करती है, क्योंकि क्षेत्र का केवल 12% केवल सिंचाई के अधीन है। हाल के वर्षों में, जलवायु परिवर्तन का वर्षा पैटर्न पर महत्वपूर्ण प्रभाव पड़ा है। मानसून तेजी से अनिश्चित और अप्रत्याशित हो गया है, जो अधिक बार भारी बारिश की घटनाओं, एक बारिश के दिन, एक बारिश के साथ -साथ एक बारिश, एक बारिश के दिन, एक बारिश, एक बारिश, एक बारिश के समय, एक बारिश की बारिश, Low rain, a rain, a rainy day, which occurs before or after the onset of SW monsoon, has become a common phenomenon, ”he said.