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Experts suggest sowing maize, bajra, veggies instead in Punjab
Updated On: 31 July, 2023 07:46 AM IST | Chandigarh | Agencies
Maize crop will be used as fodder for cattle, Singh said. Moong can fetch remunerative prices, besides improving the soil health and it can be ready within 60-65 days, the official said
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A farmer and a boy use buckets to drain rainwater from a flooded paddy field on the outskirts of Amritsar, Punjab. File pic/AFP
As the recent flood wreaked havoc in many parts of Punjab, causing extensive damage to the paddy crop, experts have suggested farmers grow alternative crops if sowing the Kharif crop again is not possible August 7-8.
Many areas in Punjab were affected by heavy rainfall between July 9 and 11. Of the over 6 lakh acres of fields that were flooded, paddy needs to be sown again in over 2 lakh acres, said Gurwinder Singh, director, state agriculture department. Fields in several areas are still flooded and water will take several more days to recede.
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