Farmers in Prakasam district are keeping their fingers crossed as the southwest monsoon failed to bring enough rains to start cultivation even for the dry crops in the early phase of the rainy season. Farmers in Prakasam district are keeping their fingers crossed as the southwest monsoon failed to bring enough rains to start cultivation, even for the dry crops, in the early phase of the rainy season.
The entire State, except Prakasam district, had experienced good rainfall giving an impetus to crop cultivation during kharif season. However, Prakasam district experienced a 21% deficit rainfall up to the first fortnight of July as 13 rainy days in 1-1/2 month brought only 80.40 mm of precipitation as against the normal 101.9 mm.
The shortfall was 13.3% in June and 31.4% in the first fortnight of July, according to a report compiled by the agriculture department.
