Farmers Urged to Diversify Crops Amid El Niño Conditions

El Niño is a weather pattern that can bring dry conditions and make it harder for farmers to grow crops.

Manazir Jeelani Samoon is an agriculture commissioner, a person whose job is to help farmers.

He visited Singavaram village to talk with farmers about protecting their crops.

He told farmers that growing different kinds of crops can be a good idea.

Some crops, like green gram, black gram, and millets, need less water than others.

Growing these crops can help when there is not enough water.

He also checked a system that gives farmers fertiliser, which helps plants grow strong.

The farmers told him that a fertiliser called potash costs too much.

He asked other officials to look into the price and find a solution.