Samba cultivation is expected to be taken up on 87,250 acres of land this year in Tiruchi district, according to a press release here on Thursday.
Nurseriers are being raised in delta areas of the district such as Thiruverumbur, Manikandam, Anthanallur, Lalkudi, Pullampadi, Manachanallur, Musiri, and Thottiyam taluks. Nursery had been raised on 200 acres of land under the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method and 2,800 acres under the conventional method.
There is a stock of 535 tonnes of Andhra Ponni, improved Vellai Ponni, CO43, and Ambai 19 seeds with Agriculture Department, and 118 tonnes with Primary Agriculture Co-operative Credit Societies. So far, 49 tonnes had been distributed. Fifteen tonnes of paddy micro nutrients, and 20 tonnes of bio-fertilisers were kept as stock and distributed.
There was a stock of 3,878 tonnes of Urea, 3,250 tonnes of Di Ammonium Phosphate (DAP), 3,864 tonnes of Potash, and 4,678 tonnes of complex fertilisers.
Last year samba was raised on 82,500 acres, said an official release.
