The taro seeds sown in Kartik are now blooming and looking very attractive. They plant sugarcane after bringing in mustard by the end of Magh.
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The fields in Belauri Municipality area in the southern part of the district have been transformed into mustard fields. Farmers here have cultivated mustard on up to 10/15 bighas.
‘Mustard is more beneficial than wheat, it also completes the crop cycle,’ said Bam Bahadur Kunwar, a farmer from Belauri Municipality-6, ‘The yield is better when the crops are rotated.’ He has currently planted mustard in about 10 bighas.
They bring in mustard by the end of Magh and plant sugarcane. After two or three years of sugarcane production, wheat is sown. Then, mustard is sown again after sowing. This is how the crop cycle is completed. According to Rawal, mustard yields 8 to 10 quintals per bigha. The mustard is sold in the village.
Like Rawal, Shashi Thapa Bista of Belauri-6 has also planted mustard in more than 10 bighas. The field where mustard was sown in Kartik is now blooming and looking very attractive. ‘Earlier we used to cultivate wheat, now we have grown mustard,’ she said, ‘The benefits are good, and the investment is also less.’
In Calcutta, Belauri Municipality, Rimjhim Agricultural Cooperative Society has attracted share members to cultivate mustard. Share members have cultivated mustard in more than 20 bighas. ‘Now everyone is attracted by the mustard blooming, and the weather is also good this time,’ said Karmasingh Rana, president of Rimjhim Cooperative Society, ‘Now mustard is being sold in Magh, and talks are underway with mills and agricultural companies for the sale.’
Mustard is cultivated on about 700 hectares in Kanchanpur. This time, the Agricultural Knowledge Center has supported farmers from seed to irrigation to promote mustard cultivation. The knowledge center has supported 193 hectares under the mustard pocket area.
‘We have provided support in various areas, from seeds to other areas, for the development of mustard farming,’ said Hari Prasad Paneru, head of the Agricultural Knowledge Center, Kanchanpur. ‘Mustard farming has been very good, farmers have been attracted to it.’ According to him, the productivity of mustard in Kanchanpur is 1.2 metric tons per hectare.
