Farmers of Thuraiyur and Uppliyapuram blocks are busy taking up kuruvai paddy cultivation with optimum utilisation of available water.
Farmers of a number of villages including Erakudi, Pachaperumalpatti, Puliyancholai, Koppampati have started raising the ‘kuruvai’ crop this season.
M. Chandrasekaran (48) of Maruthai village said that he had raised the ‘kuruvai’ utilising the water available in the tank. He was confident of harvesting a good yield from his land. Most of the farmers have raised Co-51 variety.
According to Agriculture Department sources, about 968 hectares had been brought under ‘kuruvai’ crop in Uppilliyapuram and Thuraiyur blocks.
Many of the farmers in the area have also raised ‘navarai’ crop. Most farmers preferred Co-51 as the yield was about ten per cent over the ADT-43 variety, a usual crop raised by them. Another advantage of Co-51 was it was a non-lodging variety.
Agriculture Department officials said that about 4,880 hectares had been brought under kuruvai cultivation crop this season in the district, including 968 hectares in the Uppilliyapuram and Thuraiyur blocks.
The Agriculture Department was keeping a close monitoring of the cultivation practices being adopted by farmers in the district and guiding them properly for registering good yield, an official told The Hindu on Friday.
