Udaypur Farmers Optimistic About Maize Yield Due to Consistent Rainfall

Udaypur. Continuous rainfall in the months of Chaitra and Baishakh, which are usually dry, has excited farmers who have planted maize, hoping for increased production.

Maize crops have flourished in the Terai and hilly areas of the district due to timely rainfall. Devraj Dahal, a farmer from Rautamai Rural Municipality-2, Bhutar, says, "Rain has been occurring since the time of sowing maize this time, making it easy to sow and weed. We are hopeful that the maize production will increase."

Similarly, Chandrakant Chaudhary, a farmer from Chaudandigadhi Municipality-5, Sundarpur, stated that continuous rainfall will increase maize production. Tej Bahadur Balampaki Magar, a farmer from Triyuga Municipality-16, Sukhaura, says, "The maize sown in the fields on the hillsides has been growing well due to continuous rain this time. The continuous rain has provided great relief to maize cultivation."

The rainfall has provided relief to maize seedlings planted in the dry fields and on the hillsides in the hilly areas of the district. Yogendra Yadav, Chief of the District Agricultural Knowledge Center, said that maize cultivation in the fields on the hillsides will be good because the rain started from the maize cultivation season.

According to Yadav, maize is cultivated annually in 11,000 hectares of land in Udaypur. If the weather remains the same this time, maize production is estimated to increase by 20 percent.