25% less rainfall in country this year, says agri expert
The country has received 25 per cent less than normal rainfall so far this year, a senior agriculture scientist today said here.
By PTI |
PUDUCHERRY: The country has received 25 per cent less than normal rainfall so far this year, a senior agriculture scientist today said here.
"The current year has seen scanty and deficient rainfall to the extent of 25 per cent, Dr K D Kokate of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) said at a review meeting of Krishi Vigyan Kendras of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
The food grain production in the country stood at 231.6 million tons in 2007-2008 and 234 million tons the subsequent year, he said, adding that ICAR was providing weather-based agro advisory at the national level and had launched an agricultural management plan as a contingency measure.
Ninety-nine more Krishi Vigyan Kendras would come up across the country in addition to the existing 568 such centres, he said.
"The current year has seen scanty and deficient rainfall to the extent of 25 per cent, Dr K D Kokate of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) said at a review meeting of Krishi Vigyan Kendras of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
The food grain production in the country stood at 231.6 million tons in 2007-2008 and 234 million tons the subsequent year, he said, adding that ICAR was providing weather-based agro advisory at the national level and had launched an agricultural management plan as a contingency measure.
Ninety-nine more Krishi Vigyan Kendras would come up across the country in addition to the existing 568 such centres, he said.
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