HYDERABAD: Sindh farmers cannot fathom why the apple gourd plants died after flowering, despite looking healthy during the germination stage.Some farmers think it might be connected to water.
Business
March 12, 2021
HYDERABAD: Every year, Hajan Leghari, a farmer in Village Kandri near Jhudo, spares a small piece of land to cultivate kalonji (Nigella sativa) for its black seeds that have been being consumed as seasoning and as herbal medicine for the last 2000 years – it was found in the tomb of a pharaoh.
“Whenever harvest starts in March our relatives and family friends expect us to give them a little amount of black seeds for use,” Leghari said.
Families would keep kalonji in their kitchens for different purposes, mostly for its health benefits, he said.
Leghari said though agriculture was rapidly changing with the introduction of technology, hybrid seeds for crops, and high density varieties of fruits, some farmers were still cultivating these traditional crops, which needed little water and fertiliser.
Wheat sown in fertile floodplains seen filling up Sindh granaries
Business
February 21, 2021
HYDERABAD: Harvest of early sown wheat has kicked off in flood-affected areas of Umerkot, Kunri, and parts of Tharparkar and Mirpurkhas districts and local farmers are betting on bountiful yields that will cover their losses to a good deal.
Being advanced in cultivation of all crops, the growers in these areas had sown wheat in mid-October and early November. Now the crop is ready for reaping in the early cultivated pieces of lands. Tractor-driven threshing machines can now be seen cleaning wheat in the areas near Nao Kot, Jhuddo, and Roshanabad.
Business
January 17, 2021
HYDERABAD: Sugarcane farmers in flood-hit areas of Mirpurkhas and parts of Tharparkar and Umerkot districts are undecided whether to set up their own gur (jaggery) manufacturing units or sell their damaged product to independent jaggery-makers.
Hajan Leghari, a farmer of Village Kandri Leghari near Jhudo town, says for the first time many people have installed a large number of new jaggery-making units along the main road from Mirpurkhas to Naokot and Mithi, where they buy sugarcane for making this product.
The farmers prefer to supply their flood-tainted sugarcane to jaggery factories instead of wasting time to continue supplying to mills.