Alekh Parida, a marginal farmer of Madhupur village under Chandaka police station in Orissa's Khurda district, for a change, sprinkled pesticide on the basal region of the standing paddy. Littlie did he know that it would work wonder for the plants.
For all these years, he, like hundreds of other farmers, was accustomed to apply pesticides on the upper portion of the plants. Now the new methodology has made the crop areas wear luxuriant look.
It is no surprise that the production has shot up. Take the case of Tilak Dehury, they are all marginal farmers, even ignored growing of certain weeds along side the paddy plants being little aware of the fact that they cause more harm than good to the plants.
How did they come to know the basics of diseases and use of pesticides?
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Source:Kalinga Times
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