Summary:
Crop cutting experiments were being conducted in paddy, pulses and millets in the district to assess crop damage. more-inCrop cutting experiments (CCE) held at various fields in the district has shown that crop loss was between 80 and 85% of under irrigated areas and 95 to 100% in rainfed areas – mostly millets and pulses. Paddy, black gram, green gram, red gram, cotton, groundnut, sesame, paddy, maize, white cholam and cumbu were covered under this scheme during this season. Experiments showed that yield in rainfed areas was only 5%. Inspecting the crop cutting experiment held at Vellampatti village in Vedasandur block near here on Friday, Collector T.G..