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focus on boosting production: Joint Director, Agriculture, S. Somasundaram addressing cotton farmers during a training programme conducted at Kambiliampatty in Kangeyam taluk. ERODE: The cotton crop has got a significant role in the economy of the State. But the cotton farmers are finding it very difficult to get a steady market for their produce. The cultivation of cotton has become difficult because of acute labour shortage and increased cost. The farmers have to spend 40 to 60 per cent of the cost on plant protection measures alone. Already cotton cultivation has come down drastically in Erode district from 10,000 hectares to 500 hectares. To overcome this problem, the farmers should go in for integrated pest management practices, said the Joint Director of Agriculture, S. Somasundaram, recently at Kambiliampatty village near Kangeyam. Addressing farmers during a training programme held at Kumbiliampatty village in Kangeyam taluk, he said that under Intensive Cotton Development Programme (ICDP), the Department of Agriculture was distributing cotton seeds, bio-fertilizers, micronutrient mixtures, seed treating chemicals and plant protection equipment at subsidised rates. Farmers should come forward to avail these benefits. Farmers’ field schools were conducted in the cotton fields to identify beneficial and non-beneficial insects. The farmers should take care to preserve the beneficial insects in their fields. Indiscriminate use of pesticides would destroy the eco system, resulting in growth of harmful insects. They should seek proper advice before taking up pesticide spray. Farmers should give special attention to harvesting cotton ‘kapas’. Well-burst cotton alone should be picked up in the early hours. The farmers must use the regulated markets for selling their produce. This will enable them to get maximum price for their produce. The Assistant Director of Agriculture, Kangeyam, A. Prabakaran, said that the cotton farmers were given special training at village-level under ICDP to overcome the hurdles they were facing in cotton cultivation.
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