Desk Report, Bhopal, India: New innovations are being made daily in the field of agriculture and in this sequence, in the International Millet Year 2023, innovation has been made by the farmers of Saunsar development block of Chhindwara district by planting summer sorghum crop. With this innovation, where millet crops have got a boost, farmers are getting good income at low cost. Under the guidance of Collector Sheetla Patle, the farmers were encouraged by the agriculture department to produce summer sorghum crops planted by the farmers of Gujarkhedi village of Saunsar block of the district, and the farmers were also encouraged to produce groundnut crops. .
Farmer Chindeshwar Sahastrabuddhe, who retired from Education Department after 37 years of service in village Gujarkhedi of Saunsar development block of the district, sowed summer sorghum on February 10 in an area of about 1.5 acres, in which 4 irrigations were done in a period of 120 days, from which about 25 Production of quintal jowar has been achieved. Apart from farmer Chindeshwar Sahastrabuddhe, summer sorghum crop has also been planted by Sarvashri Arvind Mule, Bandu Asulkar, Umabai Horilal Manapure and Umlakar Sonba Dhage of Saunsar development block. Last day by Deputy Director Agriculture Jitendra Kumar Singh, Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer Sonsar Deepak Chaurasia, Rural Agriculture Extension Officers Dilip Parteti and Kailash Dhurve and A.T.M. Atma Deepika Gaikwad and other farmers visited the field of farmer Mr. Chindeshwar Sahastrabudde in village Gujarkhedi and inspected his summer jowar crop. After this, Deputy Director Agriculture visited Jobni, Amla, Khapa, Ghoghari, Nandudhana villages of summer groundnut producing areas and farmers like Sarvshree Sagar Vishwesar Dhomene, Pramod Somkunwar, Dashrath Patil, Praveen Patil etc. to promote summer groundnut production. discussed with. Deputy Director Agriculture said that in the International Millet Year 2023, continuous efforts are being made by the department to promote millet crops. In this episode, due to the compatibility of jowar in Saunsar region, farmers were motivated to plant jowar crop in maximum area so that farmers can get good income in less cost.
