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| Rainfall deficit in Jammu province cause of concern for farmers | | 44 pc less rainfall recorded till Aug 22 | | G.S Asgotra
Jammu, Aug 23: Less rainfall this season is no laughing matter throughout much of the region. Already grappled with several hurdles to continue with their profession, farmers of Jammu province are worried over the hostile weather conditions as nearly 44 per cent less rainfall has been recorded in province so far.
The deficit rainfall will impact the production of various crops including paddy, pulses beside others which will ultimately make Jammu and Kashmir more dependent on import of food grains to meet the demand.
Professor B C Sharma of Agro-Metrology department of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology (SKAUST), informed Early Times that the normal rainfall across Jammu province was 636 mm from June 1 to August 22 but that year, actual rainfall has been recorded at 351 mm. "There is shortfall of 285 mm which is 44 per cent of average rainfall from June 1 to August 22", he said.
Sharma said that during last year, in the above mentioned period, the rainfall was recorded as 39.4 per cent more than the normal rainfall, as the normal rainfall for the last year was 636 but actual rainfall was recorded as 887, which was nearly 39.4 per cent more.
He said that in all districts of Jammu province there was shortfall of rain, which was also corroborated by the instruments installed by the department at various locations in ten districts of Jammu province.
An Agriculture Extension Officer working at R S Pura informed that though the farmers have sown the paddy and other crops and presently there was no need of water but as the September month would reach, the rain shortfall would severely impact the pulses production. "Even there are several paddy grown areas of R S Pura, where the cultivation is totally depend on rainfall as the water of canals don't reach peak end villages and if there will be no rains in coming days, it will badly impact the crops in border belt", he said.
According to Prof Sharma, in district Doda, the average rainfall from June 1 to August 22 was 261. 7 mm but this year actual rain so far was 170.6 mm, which is 35 per cent less, while Jammu and Kathua districts recorded 28 per cent lessrainfall than average, Poonch recorded lowest rainfall and deficit was 89 per cent, Rajouri 36 per cent less, Ramban 49 pc less, Reasi 22 pc less, Samba 43 pc less, Udhampur 74 pc less rainfall than average. |
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