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Pelletised PMDS Helps Anantapur Farmers Cope With Low Rainfall
Some farmers in Anantapur are using a method called pelletised Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing, or PMDS.
The method uses seed pellets or seed balls before the monsoon.
It helps keep moisture in the soil when there is not enough rain.
Officials inspected farms using this method in Kotank village.
They found that farmers were continuing to grow crops despite dry conditions.
Thirty farmers adopted the method on nearly 150 acres.
Officials encouraged farmers to save rainwater and grow different crops.
They also recommended natural farming practices to help farms handle changing weather.
Pelletised Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing is helping farmers conserve soil moisture amid deficient rainfall and El Niño conditions.
Officials inspected a 70-acre pelletised PMDS citrus compact block at Kotank village in Garladinne mandal.
The compact block encouraged 30 farmers to adopt pelletised PMDS across nearly 150 acres under natural farming.
Seeds were later sown using pelletised seed balls in another four-acre compact block.
Officials urged farmers to conserve rainwater, diversify crops and adopt practices suited to El Niño conditions.
- Who
- Rythu Sadhikara Samstha executive vice-chairman T. Vijay Kumar, Anantapur collector O. Anand and local farmers and agriculture officials.
- What
- Officials inspected and promoted pelletised Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing to help farmers conserve soil moisture and continue cultivation.
- Where
- A 70-acre citrus compact block at Kotank village in Garladinne mandal, Anantapur.
- When
- Monday; the article does not specify the calendar date.
- Why
- Because deficient rainfall and prevailing El Niño conditions are creating difficult farming conditions.
Key facts
- Farming method
- Pelletised Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing (PMDS)
- Inspected area
- 70-acre citrus compact block
- Farmer participation
- 30 farmers
- Area under PMDS
- Nearly 150 acres
- Additional seed-ball block
- Four acres
- Recommended practices
- Rainwater conservation, soil-moisture retention, crop diversification and natural farming
- Weather context
- Deficient rainfall under prevailing El Niño conditions
Sources
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