INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kadapa: Small farmers are now able to grow horticulture orchards, thanks to the National Rural Work Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)
The District Water Management Authority (DWMA) has chosen to cultivate about 10,000 acres of orchards this year, which is unmatched in the
district.Currently, choice of recipients for the year 2021-22 remains in full speed
Qualified farmers have to use by Might 31
It needs to be noted that previously, conventional crops like guava, sapota, mango, teak, coconut, custard apple, apricot and tamarind were
provided under work guarantee scheme
This year there have actually been additions like dragon fruit, Taiwan guava, coconut, hybrid orchards, rose and jasmines, which all are
commercially viable.Financial support will be attended to drip facilities to farmers having water facility farms
Drip center will be supplied complimentary of expense with 30 percent aid through NREGS and 70 per cent from Andhra Pradesh Micro Watering
In addition, beneficiaries will be paid maintenance expenses for three years
Farmers who do not have their own supply of water but have farm ponds, ditches near the farm and are most likely to be irrigated even in
summer are likewise eligible to apply under the scheme
Depending upon the kind of orchard, it is possible to earn an earnings of Rs 50,000 to Rs 2.30 lakh per acre
The plan is not extended to families in which any member has a federal government task
Only rural farmers with five acres or less of land and a work assurance task card are qualified
Pandillapalli Yadubhushan Reddy, task director of DWMA, said the target was to grow horticulture orchards on 10,000 acres this year
He described that the federal government has actually permitted for growing of brand-new dragon fruit, jasmine and rose orchards for this
