Wheat Production Rises 2.1% in Kanchanpur This Year

Kanchanpur. This year, wheat production in Kanchanpur has increased compared to last year. According to the Agriculture Knowledge Center, wheat production has increased by 2.1 percent this year.

Information Officer of the Agriculture Knowledge Center, Dharmabir Saud, said that the productivity of wheat has increased this year compared to last year. "Production has increased due to improved seeds and irrigation facilities," Saud said. "This year, wheat productivity has increased to 3.4 per hectare."

According to him, this year 106,114 metric tons of wheat have been produced in 31,210 hectares of land. The Agriculture Knowledge Center has been providing irrigation facilities at subsidized rates in areas where farmers do not have irrigation facilities.

"Wheat productivity has increased due to improved seeds, access to technology, and expansion of irrigation areas," he said. "We have been providing improved seeds to farmers at a 50 percent subsidy through cooperatives." He also stated that the timely availability of chemical fertilizers during the wheat cultivation period has also contributed to the increase in production.

In recent years, although the area under wheat cultivation has not expanded, productivity has been increasing. Kanchanpur has a total of 161,741 hectares of arable land. Of this, 31,210 hectares are used for wheat cultivation. Currently, besides small-scale irrigation, irrigation facilities are available in 11,600 hectares of land from the first and second phases of the Mahakali Irrigation Project.