To encourage farmers to raise hybrid varieties of vegetables, state government is providing seeds at 50 per cent subsidy in both East and West Godavari districts.
Deficit rainfall, depleting ground water tables and prevalence of drought are impacting vegetable cultivation in both districts.
In East Godavari, horticulture crops are being raised over about 7,000 hectares, nearly 6,000 hectares with irrigation sources and borewells and only 1,000 hectares rain-fed.
Horticulture authorities under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana are offering seeds of several varieties of vegetables including tomato, okra, brinjal, all kinds of gourds and other varieties on subsidy.
In West Godavari, vegetables are being raised over about 4,000 hectares, only 500 hectares rain-fed. As per official estimates, nearly 189 vegetable farmers are likely to be benefited with the supply of hybrid variety of vegetable seeds on 50% subsidy. Horticulture authorities ruled out any possible impact of deficit rainfall and drought on perennial crops like oil palm and others.
The government held a review meet with horticulture authorities rece-ntly and asked them to ensure supply of vegetable seeds to farmers on subsidy to avoid any possible shortage of supply of vegetables in the state.
Farmers, especially from drought-affected mandals will get input subsidy worth Rs.4,500 per hectare. Recently, the government enhanced the target for cultivation of oil palm to two lakh hectares from the existing 1.10 lakh in the state.
This exercise is mean to avoid import of oil palm from other countries. At present oil palm is being cultivated over about 50,822 hectares in West Godavari.
Deccan Chronicle
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