Around 600 wheat growers in 10 villages on the banks of Haro River have suffered badly due to release of water from Khanpur Dam after the recent heavy rains.
A group of farmers led by Jhalu union council nazim Rafaqat Khan Tahirkheli told reporters here on Sunday that excess water in the reservoir was released into the river, and it flooded the wheat crop that was ready for harvesting.
He said that maize is not one of our traditional food items but still Sri Lanka has been able to grow maize and become self-sufficient within one year.
The total production had been used to produce Thriposha and animal food.
This is a great achievement for the country as the belief earlier was that Sri Lanka cannot produce maize.
For the Group of Eight ministers of agriculture meeting for the first time on Saturday there will be no greater example of the dilemma faced in feeding a growing population than China.
Rains lashed at many parts of the country during the past two weeks could affect and delay the harvesting of the standing wheat crop in different parts of the country. "Rains and windy weather at this stage are not good for the wheat crop, which is fully ripe and at a harvesting stage" an agriculture expert and farmer Rais Khan told APP.
Many people consider the wider use of biofuels a promising way of reducing the amount of surplus carbon dioxide (CO2) being pumped into the air by the world
Efforts are underway to start export of mangoes to the United States during the forthcoming season, as the main hurdle of non-availability of irradiation treatment has now been removed. It would be a major breakthrough as at present India enjoys a complete sway in exports of mangoes to the United States.
Sirsa: With farmers still busy in harvesting their crops, candidates of different parties concentrated on campaigning in urban areas of the Sirsa (reserved) parliamentary constituency today. INLD candidate Sita Ram, who has been campaigning for the past two weeks now, concentrated on a door-to-door campaign in his native town Dabwali today.
