There has been an increase in the craze among the farmers regarding the cultivation of gram in the state of Chhattisgarh. In the Rabi season 2021-22, the area under gram has increased by more than 52 thousand hectares (about one lakh 30 thousand acres). The area under gram has increased from 3 lakh 63 thousand hectares to 4 lakh 15 thousand hectares in a year. This spurt in the cultivation of gram in the current Rabi season, is more than 5 times the average growth of the last 3 years. There was an increase of 10 thousand hectares on an average and in the last Rabi season year 2020-21, the area under cultivation has reached 3 lakh 36 thousand hectares. This year, farmers have shown a lot of interest in the cultivation of gram in the state, due to which a sudden increase in its area of 52 thousand hectares is a happy sign. Agriculture Minister Shri Ravinder Choubey says that due to the farmer friendly policy of the Chhattisgarh government The field has changed rapidly. There has been an increase in the prosperity of the farmers. This is the reason that farmers are now increasingly adopting pulses, oilseeds, fruits and vegetables and vegetable cultivation. Minister Shri Choubey believes that the amount of input subsidy being received from time to time from the Kisan Nyay Yojana of the Chhattisgarh Government has inspired the farmers to innovate in the field of agriculture and adopt crop diversification. The maximum increase in cultivation of 28 thousand hectares has happened in the districts of Durg division. Its area has increased from 9230 hectares to 16170 hectares in Balod district of Durg division, which is two and a half times more than last year. In the districts of Raipur division, the farmers’ tendency towards gram cultivation has increased. The area under cultivation of gram has increased by more than two times in the districts of this division. In Raipur, Balodabazar, Gariaband, Mahasamund, Dhamtari district, gram was cultivated in 15820 hectares in the last Rabi season, which has increased to 32340 hectares with an increase of 17500 hectares this year. The involvement of farmers in the cultivation of gram in Mahasamund district has been amazing. Till now, gram was cultivated on an average of 100-125 hectares in Mahasamund. In the last Rabi season, farmers had planted gram in only 30 hectares in this district. Its area has crossed 5000 hectares with an increase of more than 167 times this year. Similarly, there has been an increase of three and a half times in Dhamtari district. Last year, gram was cultivated in 2730 hectares in Dhamtari district, while this year farmers are cultivating gram in more than 10 thousand area. There has been an increase of more than 1700 hectares in the area of gram in the districts of 1800 hectares and in the districts of Bastar zone. In the current Rabi season, sowing of gram in 4 lakh 15 thousand 650 hectares is nearing completion. Like this:Like Loading… Continue Reading