Kendrapara: According to a report by Orissa Post, farmers in the Kendrapara region are avoiding cultivating cash crops such as sugarcane due to several factors, including inadequate irrigation facilities and the shutdown of sugar mills in the district.
In the past, the area dedicated to sugarcane cultivation was approximately 15,000 hectares. However, it has now been significantly reduced to just 1,000 hectares. Farmers were actively involved in cane cultivation when the sugar mills were operational, but since their closure, they have halted the cultivation of sugarcane, except for specific festival seasons.
Surya Narayan Mishra, a senior agricultural scientist at Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Jajang, emphasized that the district receives ample rainfall, and farmers should take measures to conserve water for engaging in sugarcane cultivation.
