HYDERABAD: Leading growers and researchers have pointed out the problem of post-harvest loss of the mango crop and urged to address the issue by improving research on early harvest varieties.Dr.
Ambiguity in the implementation of ban on cultivation of paddy crop in areas on left bank of Indus River has got growers in lower region of Sindh in a fix. ─ Photo courtesy Ahsan Mahmood/File
HYDERABAD: Ambiguity in the implementation of ban on cultivation of paddy crop in areas on left bank of Indus River has got growers in lower region of Sindh in a fix as the ban, which was always meant only for Sukkur and Guddu barrage’s left bank canals, has been extended to Kotri Barrage this year.
Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah announced the ban in March which is enforced every year under the West Pakistan Rice (Restriction on Cultivation) Ordinance, 1959, to stop cultivation of paddy crop in left bank areas of Indus.
Sindh farmers face setbacks on low water flows in canals
Business
May 4, 2021
HYDERABAD: Farmers working the fields in Tando Muhammad Khan district are receiving water from perennial Akram Wah (canal) on a rotation-based system because of overall water scarcity in the canals and watercourses this season.
Although a weekly system is implemented during this season whenever there is a shortage of water, it has been observed that nowadays farmers are getting their water share after a fortnight or 21 days instead of weekly basis.
This long wait creates problems for farmers, some of whom are unable to save their sensitive crops.