Agri Budget brings cheer to farmers in Tenkasi district and Thoothukudi districts
The Hindu
Agriculture Budget has got something to cheer about for the composite Tirunelveli district comprising Tenkasi as the State government has proposed to set up State Horticulture Farm at Naduvaikurichi village in Tenkasi district with an outlay of ₹1 crore
Agriculture Budget has got something to cheer about for the composite Tirunelveli district comprising Tenkasi as the State government has proposed to set up State Horticulture Farm at Naduvaikurichi village in Tenkasi district with an outlay of ₹1 crore.
The objective behind establishing this horticulture farm on 4 acres at Naduvaikurichi in Sankarankovil block is to produce pedigree, quality planting material and to distribute it to farmers on time at reasonable prices. This facility will act as a “model demonstration farm”.
While presenting the Agriculture Budget in the Assembly on Tuesday, Minister for Agriculture M.R.K. Panneerselvam made this announcement. Since the horticulture farmers of the rain-fed areas of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, and Tenkasi districts are struggling hard to get quality seeds for high-yielding horticultural crops, the upcoming facility is expected to meet the requirements of the agriculturists of this region.
Another consoling announcement made in the Agriculture Budget that the chilli cluster will come up in Thoothukudi district along with Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, and Sivaganga districts. This coastal district’s northern parts are known for chilli cultivation. The ‘gundu vaththal’ being cultivated in Pudur, Vilaathikulam, Ottapidaaram, and the adjoining areas are famous for being spicy. Along with the existing chilli cultivation area of Thoothukudi district, Prosopis grown on over 300 acres in this hot region with black cotton soil will be removed for expanding ‘gundu’ chilli cultivation area.
Leading farmer and member of Thoothukudi District Farmers’ Consultative Committee C. Shanmuga Mallusamy, who welcomed the proposal, said the government should ensure that middlemen were not involved while forming the cluster.
“When the chilli cluster is formed, the Marketing Regulation Committee should be strengthened for selling the chilli directly to traders without involving the middlemen. So, it will ensure a win-win situation for both farmers and traders,” Mr. Mallusamy said and added that the drought mitigation programme for Thoothukudi district should be sensibly implemented so that agriculturists from drought-prone areas would get benefited.
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