PANKAJ SHARMA
Production of paddy over all in Punjab fell down due to the change occurred in the environment.Low production also effected the economy of farmers and state also.Farmer organizations criticize the anti agricultural polices of state, due to the negative agricultural policies of state Government the farmers have been launched the agitation for their demands.Where the overall production of state feel down, but in the Amritsar district the production remained same as the last year.
In Amritsar district farmers sowed paddy on 1.85 lac hectare land.Out of this in 93 hectare paddy has been sowed and on 92 hectare land basmati has been sowed by the farmers with the recommendation of Agricultural department.
In state level production of paddy per hectare is normalcy 50 Q per hectare. But this year about 37 to 40 Q per hectare has been recovered by the farmers. In Amritsar district the average production is about 39.39 Q per hectare his year said Dr Gurdeep Singh, the Agricultural officer of district ATAMA scheme.
The Dr. Satnam Singh and Dr Daljeet Singh the Agriculture specialists said, the changes occurred in environment in this season the production of paddy fell down in different area of state. Rain also started very late in state and the crisis of electricity also put bad effect on the production of paddy in state, added the specialists.
According to the food grain report of center government production of food grains have also felt down in year 2009. Except for a few states in northeast and the centre there has been normal to above normal rains in most parts of the country. The cumulative monsoon rains from the beginning of June to 18th August for the country as whole have been about 5 percent below the long term average. At this early stage, crop growth and overall prospects are considered favourable and a recovery from the drought-affected 2009 is expected. A reduction of 15.5 percent or about 18 million tonnes of food grains was estimated during 2009 as compared to 2008 also.
Rabi (winter) crops, such as wheat, barley and some paddy were harvested by June. The official estimate of 2010 winter wheat harvest shows about the same level of production as the record harvest of 2009. The Government has increased the minimum support price for this year’s wheat by 11 percent over the level of the previous marketing year .The ban on rice and wheat exports has been partially lifted by allowing export of 300 000 tonnes of non basmati rice and of 200 000 tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh and additional quantities to Nepal. Grain exports during 2010/11 marketing year are expected to increase over the previous year.
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