Adilabad: The agriculture department is conducting a field-level survey to collect details of farmers who suffered crop loss of more than 33 per cent due to the El Nino effect.
Bankers have been asked to reschedule crop loans to help farmers out of distress.
Agriculture extension officers and village secretaries are collecting details of crop losses in farmers’ fields.
The steps are intended to create confidence among the distressed farmers to enable them overcome the prevailing conditions.
Crop loss is high in cotton and paddy in the erstwhile Adilabad district.
Cotton plants are getting dried up due to a prolonged dry spell.
The state government is taking measures to prevent farmers’ suicides following the distressed conditions and concerns among the villages on the ground, so as to also prevent farmers from taking extreme steps.
The state government may announce compensation to the farmers who suffered crop loss due to drought caused by El Nino.
Officials are creating awareness among the distressed farmers about the flexibility in rescheduling their crop loans in the banks to overcome the prevailing situation.
Collector Rajarshi Shah instructed the agriculture officials to collect the details of the farmers who suffered crop loss of more than 33 per cent in their fields of cotton, soya, redgram and paddy and other crops due to El Niño effects and prepare a comprehensive report to submit to the state government.
The officials were also asked to go to Tam Tam (Dandora) in the villages to tell the villagers about the government’s steps to rescue them from the distress and clear the doubts among the farmers.
Sridhar Swamy, in-charge district agriculture officer, said a survey is going on the ground by the AEOs, collecting individual farmers’ details of crop loss above 33 per cent, and soon a report will be submitted to the state government.
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