Kakching Farmers demand urea
Kakching Correspondent15 May 2022
A farmer Nongmaithem Chaoton accused the authority of making the farmers suffer with the scarcity and the price hike of urea.
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A farmer Nongmaithem Chaoton accused the authority of making the farmers suffer with the scarcity and the price hike of urea.
Deben said that fertilisers are needed to be utilised in time, if not they are useless in agriculture
Manipur Agriculture department director Kh Lalmani said if the trial is successful it will bring a great benefit to the farmers.
Unavailability of basic needs of farming has demotivated the farmers in performing their agricultural activities and this will ultimately lead to dependency on other states, NILSAL stated.
IFP Editorial: Now that MLAs and aspiring candidates are competing with each other in buying up chemical fertilisers and distribution, there is an urgent need to de-politicise fertiliser distribution which should involve the district administration and district level agriculture officers.
As many as 1,695 bags of fertilisers were handed over on Monday to recognised farmers.
The farmers in Kumbi took out a protest rally and said the state would face food insecurity in the future if the state government continues to neglect the farmers.
There is hardly any sign of any initiative taken up by the state government for the farmers, the IPSA said.
All district agriculture officers and fertiliser inspectors are directed to submit their inspection or verification report of their respective district relating to the reported sale of Urea Fertilizer at a higher price, the Directorate of Agriculture, Manipur stated.
Asking the farmers of Kakching to procure urea from district agriculture office, Thoubal will only compound the difficulties of the farmers with increased risks of mass COVID infections, Joint Non-Government Voluntary Organisation (JNGVO), Kakching stated
The United People’s Front (UPF) stated that the practice of giving a bag of fertilizer to the farmers with farmer cards or farm documents should be dropped immediately.