Summary:
We are getting more realistic figures of the yield using the new crop cutting method so that farmers get crop insurance.” But entire crop has failed and 15 labourers whom I had hired have left. Many farmers give them their land for cultivation in partnership while many hire them for entire season. In a recent video conferencing with senior officers, it was decided to give them work through NREGA in Panchmahal district. However, with the rains playing truant, the yield of groundnut and cotton, the two major crops of Saurashtra is expected to decline drastically.Farmers have already started razing their standing crop which has withered..