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NAMAKKAL: To increase the yield, the Namakkal district Agriculture department has undertaken concerted efforts to introduce the Raja Rajan 1000 method of rice cultivation on 1,500 hectares in Kolli Hills where traditional method of cultivation is being pursued. To create awareness among farmers, an exhibition on Raja Rajan 1000 method of paddy cultivation was organised in Sengarai village during the Mass Contact Programme. Collector S. Madhumathi participated. Application of organic fertilizers, method of raising nursery, planting of seedlings by using Marker device and application of cona weeders were explained. The Collector also interacted with the farmers. Later on the field, a paddy nursery had been raised in front of the other paddy growing farmers. Yield “In the hill tracts, the farmers have been registering less than 2,000 kg yield an acre. But by the Raja Rajan 1000 method, they could get more than 3,000 kg an acre,” said S. Sivaraj Joint Director of Agriculture, Namakkal.
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