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Paddy planting has started from the first week of June in Kailali, which is considered as the grain storehouse of West Terai. Planting started quickly in places with irrigation facilities, but after the monsoon rains for the past few days, planting is being done in a hurry in all areas of the district.
'Due to the forecast that the monsoon rains will start a bit earlier this year than last year, the farmers had planted paddy beds,' said Madanraj Jaisi, assistant agricultural extension officer of Krishi Gyan Kendra Kailali. has started . As the monsoon rains have started at this time, planting is being done vigorously in the rest of the district as well.
In recent years, farmers have been taking information about the weather forecast to know when the monsoon rains will start when it is time to plant paddy. According to the forecast of early onset of monsoon, the farmers had started to keep paddy beds . Jaisei said that since there was only partial rain in the beginning, after the rains stopped, the planting was delayed and early this year. In Bhajani, Tikapur, Joshipur, Gauriganga and Ghodaghodi areas located in the southeastern part of the district, which have the Rani Jamra and Kularia canals as well as Boring's irrigation facility, the planting started from the first week of June, while the planting is being done in the rest of the areas. Said .
According to Assistant Agriculture Extension Officer Jaisi, 40 percent of paddy planting has been completed in Kailali. Only 1 thousand 370 hectares were planted till the first week of June. That's only about 20 percent . Currently it has increased to 40 percent.
According to the data of Krishi Gyan Kendra Kailali, rice is being cultivated in 68 thousand 541 hectares in the district. Assistant Agricultural Extension Officer Jaisi said that after June 15, the speed of planting will increase.
There are 98 thousand 935 hectares of arable land in Kailali district. Which is 27.8 percent of the total area of the district. According to the data of Krishi Gyan Kendra, only 26.7 percent of the arable land i.e. 86 thousand 450 hectares is cultivated. Of which 70 thousand 500 hectares are irrigated by canals, borings and traditional channels.
The government has conducted a special production program to increase the productivity of paddy farming, according to Assistant Agricultural Extension Officer Jaisi . According to him, there is an arrangement to provide 50 percent subsidy to the farmers based on the cost of fine rice and Raithane rice and advanced seed production in paddy cultivation.
Paddy production has been increasing in Kailali in recent years. In the year 080/81, 3 lakh 24 thousand 280 metric tons of rice was produced. Productivity was 4 decimal . In the last year 081/82, production increased to 3 lakh 25 thousand 569 metric tons and productivity reached 4.75 metric tons per hectare, it is mentioned in the data of Kailali Krishi Gyan Kendra .
60 percent of Kailali farmers have been cultivating Sarju-52 rice. Apart from this, 10 percent of the farmers prefer the seeds of new varieties and some farmers prefer the seeds of Mansuli, Hardinath-6 Masina paddy. The introduction of modern tools and equipment of paddy cultivation is increasing. The fertility of the soil is decreasing due to the disappearance of Raithane seeds, the reduction of animal husbandry and the use of compost fertilizers.
