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Rajarajan 1000 technique doubles paddy yield

Staff Reporter

MADURAI: Cultivation of paddy using Rajarajan 1000 (RR 1000) technique has doubled the yield in Madurai district. As against the average yield of four to five tonnes a hectare in conventional method of cultivation, the average yield under RR 1000 technique is around seven to nine tonnes a hectare.

The Collector, C. Kamaraj, participated in the harvest festival at Porusupatti where mechanisation was widely used for planting, weeding and harvesting of paddy under the RR 1000 technique.

Mr. Kamaraj said officials of the Department of Agriculture were able to convince the farmers and bring 25,984 hectares of paddy under RR 1000 technique of cultivation as against the target of 26,000 hectares. The number of tillers per plant was higher. So was the number of grains per tiller. “The higher yield has been scientifically proven,” he said. The Joint Director (Agriculture), P. Sankaralingam, the Assistant Director, Kanagaraj, and the Personal Assistant (Agriculture) to Collector, A.J.A. Jeyasingh Gnanadurai, spoke.

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