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Rain brings cheers to farmers
CLOUDY WEATHER and incessant rain during the last couple of days has brought smiles on the faces of farmers as it revived the standing crop of paddy, which was on the verge of drying in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
CLOUDY WEATHER and incessant rain during the last couple of days has brought smiles on the faces of farmers as it revived the standing crop of paddy, which was on the verge of drying in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Agriculture experts were of the view that recent rainfall in the region would prove to be a boon for standing crops and also overcome the apprehension of drought like situation in this particular region.
“It is time for standing crop of paddy to contain grains of paddy so that recent rainfall in this region is good for the paddy crops,” an official of joint director office (Agriculture), CB Singh told Hindustan Times on Monday.
“Humidity is good for the standing crop of paddy,” he said. Besides rainfall, the cloudy weather continued to hover in Varanasi and its adjoining areas.
Prof Ramesh Chand, a faculty member of the Institute of Agriculture Science (IAS) in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) said that this recent rainfall has saved standing crops of paddy from drying.
“Some percentage of paddy crops had already dried up but those crops which are blooming will certainly get benefit and yield a good production,” he said and added that besides paddy crops, the recent rainfall and cloudy weather will improve pigeon-pea crops and vegetables.
Varanasi had experienced around 50 mm rainfall during the month of September till today.
