Karnataka government urged to encourage cooperative farming in unused paddies

Farmers and elected representatives from Dakshina Kannada district have urged the Karnataka federal government to encourage cooperative farming routines in the unused paddy fields in the district.

Talking at a critique conference executed by Karnataka Agriculture Minister BC Patil in Mangaluru on Tuesday, Rajesh Naik, Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Bantwal, explained that a major portion of farmers with modest land holdings have not been cultivating paddy in their fields for numerous years. They come to feel it is uneconomical for them to cultivate paddy in modest land holdings.

The Dakshina Kannada district, which was once self-enough in paddy cultivation, is now relying on other districts to fulfill its requires. The federal government should conduct a survey of these unused paddy fields in the district and encourage fascinated groups of farmers to acquire up cooperative farming in these unused paddy fields, he additional.

Nalin Kumar Kateel, Member of Parliament from Dakshina Kannada, supported Naik’s views.

Reverse migration

Referring to the implications of Covid-19 on the farming sector, Prabhakara Mayya, a farmer from Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, explained that numerous youngsters from rural regions, who experienced still left for urban centres in search of greener pastures, are now coming back again to their roots. Numerous these youngsters are searching for his steerage on preparing their long run in farming.

In these a circumstance, the federal government should encourage farmers to acquire up cooperative farming in unused paddy fields. An additional 250 hectares of land can be introduced underneath paddy cultivation in Dakshina Kannada district with these an initiative, he explained.

Another farmer who attended the conference urged the federal government to conduct a village-stage survey of unused paddy fields in the district.

The Minister questioned the Agriculture Division officers in Dakshina Kannada to conduct a survey of these unused paddy fields in the district so that even more actions can be taken on their powerful utilisation.

The Minister also explained that the Point out federal government will urge the Centre to convey routines linked to paddy cultivation underneath the MGNREGA programme.