ITS' TIME FOR TAKING UP SUMMER PLOUGHINGS. SOME SHOWERS RECEIVED DURING MARCH AND APRIL 2008 IN VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT . THE RAINFALL RECEIVED IS NORMAL . NO RAIN FALL RECEIVED DURING MAY2008.FARMERS ARE NOW APPLYING FYM( FARM YARD MANURE) TO THEIR FIELDS.
FROM NOW ONWARDS I WANT TO HIGH LIGHT VARIOUS MISTAKES COMMITTED BY THE FARMERS AND ALSO GAPS IDENTIFIED IN VARIOUS FARMING SITUATIONS IN CULTIVATION OF DIFFERENT CROPS
SUMMER PLOUGHINGS ARE TRADITIONALLY TAKENUP FIRST IN DRY LANDS FOLLOWED BY WET LAND AREAS.BUT IN RECENT YEARS THE % OF AREA COVERED BY SUMMER PLOUGHINGS IS DECREASING YEAR AFTER YEAR,AS MANY FARMERS FEEL IT AS AN EXTRA BURDEN.APPLICATION OF TANK SILT IN DRYLANDS WAS ALSO DISCONTINUED IN RECENT YEARS.
SUMMER PLOUGHINGS HELP IN REDUCTION OF DISEASE CAUSING ORGANISMS , EXPOSE FUNGAL BODIES AND LARVAE AND PUPAE OF MANY INSECT PESTS HIDDEN IN SOILS.IT ALSO CREATS A PORUS LAYER ON SOIL ,INCREASES AERATION AND HELPS IN REDUCING EVAPORATION LOSSES OF SOIL MOISTURE.INSECTS EXPOSED ARE EATEN BY BIRDS.PLOUGHINGS ALSO HELP IN DESTROYING WEEDS .
THIS BLOG IS CREATED TO INFORM VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRAPRADESH -BLOGGING SINCE 11 FEBRUARY 2006
