Chandigarh (Aaj Samaj). Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian said that as per the Crop Cutting Experiment (CCE) conducted by the Agriculture Department, an increase of 1.4 quintals has been recorded in the average yield of rice per hectare this year. For the 2024 Kharif season, a total of 2,174 CCTs are being carried out, of which 1,863 experiments resulted in a production of 6,878 kg per hectare, while in 2023 this figure was 6,740 kg.
These figures include basmati and non-basmati rice varieties. The minister said that so far rice harvesting in the state has been completed by 97 per cent. Sharing information about the ongoing wheat sowing in the state, he said that of the set target of 35 lakh hectares, an area of 27 lakh hectares has been sown so far, thus 77 per cent of the target has been achieved. aim. This shows that the sowing process is going smoothly in the state and sowing is expected to be completed in the remaining area by the end of this month.
Throwing light on the current fertilizer situation, Gurmeet Singh Khudian said that currently a total of 4.20 lakh metric tonnes of diammonium phosphate (DAP) and 0.55 lakh metric tonnes of other fertilizers are available in the state. phosphates for the Rabi 2024-25 season. A total of 4.82 lakh metric tonnes of DAP is required for this season. Consequently, almost 99 percent of DAP and other phosphate fertilizers are available in the state, guaranteeing our farmers the necessary resources for increased crop production.
Punjab expects 10,000 metric tonnes of DAP to arrive in the next 3-4 days, while 44,000 metric tonnes of DAP are already in transit.
