Irrigation problems have attracted farmers to other crops.
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Devsingh Thapa of Bhimdatta Municipality-16 had cultivated Chaite paddy in five kathas of land five years ago. At that time, floods in Ashar completely destroyed the ripe paddy. All the paddy that was ready to be brought in was destroyed.
Since then, he has been reducing Chaite paddy cultivation. Now, he has planted Chaite paddy in only one and a half kathas. ‘It is a lot of work, and the yield is also good,’ said Thapa, ‘but, irrigation and bringing in are very difficult, and there is a problem when it rains during bringing in.’ That is why he said that he has reduced Chaite paddy cultivation now.
Janakidevi Joshi of Bhimdatta Municipality-16 has planted Chaite paddy in five kathas. But her paddy has started to spoil due to irrigation problems. She said that there is a problem with irrigation due to lack of water in the Mahakali Irrigation Project's kula and low electricity power in the boring.
‘It has taken a lot of effort and effort to plant, now the seedlings are drying up,’ Joshi said, ‘There is no water in the kula, and even the motor does not run due to lack of electricity. .’ Her paddy field has started drying up due to lack of irrigation.
Till five years ago, farmers in the Bhimdatta Municipality area had increased their attraction towards Chaite paddy. Farmers were attracted to it because it would yield better with irrigation facilities. However, due to problems with regular water supply in the Mahakali Irrigation Project canal and lack of water in the Tersari and Shakha canals during the dry season, farmers have now stopped planting Chaite paddy.
In areas with irrigation facilities, farmers are cultivating Chaite paddy. In the southern areas of the district, Belauri, Punarbas and Beldandi, farmers are cultivating Chaite paddy using underground irrigation.
In Kanchanpur, Chaite paddy is cultivated on about 50 hectares. Five years ago, this area was more than 200 hectares. According to Madan Bhatta, Crop Protection Officer of Krishi Gyan Kendra Kanchanpur, the number of farmers cultivating Chaite paddy has decreased due to the lack of regular irrigation facilities in the command areas of Mahakali Irrigation Project I and II.
‘Chaite paddy cultivation requires a lot of irrigation, regular irrigation through boring is very expensive,’ said Crop Conservation Officer Bhatta, ‘There is a problem of water not coming regularly in the canal, irrigation through boring in a large area is very expensive.’ According to him, some farmers have also cultivated Chaite paddy through underground irrigation.
Rice seeds including Chaite Panch and Hardinath are used for Chaite paddy. Chaite paddy is more productive than rainfed paddy. According to the Knowledge Center, the productivity of rainfed paddy is four metric tons per hectare, while Chaite paddy is being produced at five metric tons per hectare.
