The Hindu Business Line : Samba, thaladi paddy harvest nearing completion in Nagapattinam

Harvest of samba and thaladi paddy crops in the Cauvery delta region of Nagapattinam district is nearing completion and 90 per cent of the harvest was over in the district.

Mr P.R. Vaithiyanathan, Joint Director of Agriculture, Nagapattinam, said on Wednesday that samba paddy was raised in 1.07 lakh hectares and thaladi in 25,000 hectares in the district this year. The entire harvest is expected to be completed by end of this month, he said.

Lower yield

He said that the average yield of paddy was between three and three-and-a-half tonnes per hectare, and pointed out that it was less than the anticipated yield of six tonnes per hectare by the Agriculture department.

Mr Vaithiyanathan said that the poor yield was due to the crop damage caused by the two spells of heavy northeast monsoon rains in December last year.

Direct purchase

Procurement of samba paddy by the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) in Nagapattinam district has touched 1.25 lakh tonnes on Tuesday.

The average daily arrival of paddy is about 6,500 tonnes per hectare.

Mr P. Moorthy, Senior Regional Manager, TNCSC, Nagapattinam, said that the corporation was purchasing paddy directly from the farmers through its 221 Direct Purchase Centres functioning in various parts of the district.

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