Summer rain brings cheer to farmers in Wayanad
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‘Prolonged dry spell had caused moisture depletion in soil’
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Workers being engaged in planting ginger rhizomes at a farm at Karachal in Wayanad district.
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‘Prolonged dry spell had caused moisture depletion in soil’
Summer rain in the past four days has brought cheer to farmers, especially coffee farmers in Wayanad, a major Robusta coffee and ginger growing region in the State.
“The prolonged dry spell had caused moisture depletion in the soil and it was leading to a drought-like situation,” K. Ajith Kumar, Associate Director of Research, RARS, told