Port Blair, Apr 09: A farmer of Kalipur village of Diglipur, Mr. Anil Chandra Das is presently reaping the benefit of his hard work. He had experimented with double cropping in paddy in his field, which yielding wonderful results.
A demonstration on SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method of paddy was conducted in his field by the Agriculture Department, Diglipur recently. Initially mat nursery was prepared and then transplanting was done by using paddy transplanter by the Agriculture Department.
In due course, he faced few problems related to irrigation, weeding etc. due to the extreme dry period but he managed to overcome these problems with his hard work. Anil Chandra Das will be the only farmer to harvest paddy in this season at Diglipur. Now the farmer has become an example for other farmers in Diglipur area.
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