Coimbatore: In the Anaimalai coastal area, the first crop of this year's harvest has been started.
Coimbatore: In the Anaimalai coastal area, the first crop of this year's harvest has been started.
The farmers are suffering as the rats are damaging the paddy fields and the yield is being affected. Farmers are engaged in paddy cultivation in areas including Anaimalai, Ramadamudalipudur Kottur in the old strategic irrigation areas of Aliyar and harvesting of the first crop of the year, has been started in the Anaimalai coastal area. The stem part of the paddy crop is being destroyed by rats. Farmers are catching and destroying rats in the fields that reduce yields.
Pazhayaayakaattu farmers in Anaimalai have about 6,400 acres of paddy is being cultivated under the Aliyar dam irrigation. With the southwest monsoon rains this year and the water level of the dam being satisfactory, farmers are continuing to cultivate paddy without water problem. The rat infestation has become a major problem in the fields this year. Hundreds of rats in each field go under the fence, bite the paddy and this has resulted in crop failure. They said they have to spend more and hire mercenaries to destroy rats with rat trap. Farmers require to be provided technology and advice to get rid of rat infestation.
The farmers are suffering as the rats are damaging the paddy fields and the yield is being affected. Farmers are engaged in paddy cultivation in areas including Anaimalai, Ramadamudalipudur Kottur in the old strategic irrigation areas of Aliyar and harvesting of the first crop of the year, has been started in the Anaimalai coastal area. The stem part of the paddy crop is being destroyed by rats. Farmers are catching and destroying rats in the fields that reduce yields.
Pazhayaayakaattu farmers in Anaimalai have about 6,400 acres of paddy is being cultivated under the Aliyar dam irrigation. With the southwest monsoon rains this year and the water level of the dam being satisfactory, farmers are continuing to cultivate paddy without water problem. The rat infestation has become a major problem in the fields this year. Hundreds of rats in each field go under the fence, bite the paddy and this has resulted in crop failure. They said they have to spend more and hire mercenaries to destroy rats with rat trap. Farmers require to be provided technology and advice to get rid of rat infestation.