(RMOM AUG 28) Droughts hamper amon cultivation severely

Uploaded on Aug 28, 2010 / 135 views / 175 impressions / 1 comment


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Nature can’t avoid any climatic changes at the present. Globally, the harmful change is spreading briskly. Most of Pakistan’s regions are now flooded. The affect is over the agriculture scenario of Asia. Fire at the forest of Russia and in Africa is alerting everyone about the adverse effects of climate change. In our small country, climate change has already contributed to various changes meanwhile. Let’s talk on the present time. For single raindrop, an entire rainy season went away. Waiting for the rain, farmers are now trackless. Dream of meeting up yearly large-scale food production has become a dilemma. Farmers planned to cultivate Amon rice on 5.4 million hectares of land. Surface and underground- both the resources have frustrated farmers. The fields are cracked up. Farmers’ tension is at its highest. Meanwhile, in different districts of the northern region, river erosion has started. River-waters of some rivers is going well over the danger level. Different regions of Kurigram and Nilfamari along with its households and arable lands went into the riverbeds.

Lack of rainfall, drought hasn’t only mesmerized amon rice cultivation. It has also affected aush cultivation. The early rainwater of the rainy season gives hope to the aush cultivation. Whereas, as there was merely any rainfall, that’s why the paddies bear black spots and mostly dried. Many farmers who planned to sow amon seedlings after aush harvest have suffered loss.

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