DHARWAD: Rationing of DAP and urea fertilizers by officials at Dharwad Taluk Agricultural Produce Cooperative marketing Society in APMC yard here on Wednesday sparked off protest by farmers who had come to purchase the fertiliser. Good pre-monsoon rains has created conducive atmosphere for the Kharif sowing operations to commence early.
Anticipating early onset of monsoon, the farmers have already begun sowing operations in over 25,000 hectares in Dharwad taluk and had come to purchase DAP and urea on Wednesday. They were dejected after the officials allegedly said that due to a shortage, they have been asked to distribute limited quantity of fertiliser to the farmers.
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