The Hindu Business Line : CITI-CDRA intensifies activities in Vidarbha

Mumbai, July 13 The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry’s Cotton Development and Research Association (CITI-CDRA) are implementing Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) in Vidarbha for the third consecutive year with assistance from the Government of India, according to a release.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, allocated 1,100 FLDs on production technologies to CITI-CDRA in the four villages of Shelapur, Pimpri Gawli, Talani and Talkhed in Motada tehasil of Buldhana district, along with two pest management FLDs in the two villages of Tarad Khed and Gummi. The above will incur an expenditure of Rs 24 lakh. Under FLDs for production technologies, 1,100 farmers would be eligible to receive input subsidy in the form of inputs worth Rs 1,400 per acre, with each farmer getting benefit for only one acre. Weaker sections of the society and women have been selected for the above programme, according to the guidelines issued by the Government. They will be supplied fertilisers, pesticides, and micro nutrients, among others.

Bt cottons selected

The programme aims at improving cotton yield and reducing the cost of cultivation through transfer of modern production technologies. The participating farmers opted for cultivation of Bt cottons such as Bunny, Mallika, Rasi-2 and Brahma varieties on a large scale, according to the release.

Last year, the CITI-CDRA implemented FLD project on production technology in the four villages of Buldhana district, and the average yield was 9.35 quintals of Kapas per acre as compared to 6.25 quintals of Kapas in non-project farms, according to the release.

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