Farmers have geared up to complete the kharif sowing operations across Prakasam district in the next 30 days, thanks to the near normal rainfall in the first three months of the southwest monsoon season.
Coupled with this, floods in the Krishna river have brought cheer to the farmers who have been eagerly preparing for the sowing of paddy and other crops in a big way in the district, where kharif and rabi cropping seasons overlap, especially when rains arrive late.
Thanks to the intermittent precipitation, the district recorded 211.2 mm rainfall as against the normal of 224.6 mm up to August-end giving impetus to the farm operations. As a result, crop coverage went up to 47% of the normal cropped area of 4.24 lakh acres, according to a report compiled by the Agriculture Department.
