Rationalising fertiliser distribution amid unrest in Manipur
IFP Bureau18 Jul 2023
This year, it has become all the more imperative for the authorities to ensure fertilisers to the farmers on time in view of the prevailing unrest in the state.
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This year, it has become all the more imperative for the authorities to ensure fertilisers to the farmers on time in view of the prevailing unrest in the state.
Fertiliser (Urea) can be procured by the farmers on production of their Pattas and Aadhaar Card from the District Agriculture Officers/Dealers after payment of the requisite amount.
Suspected Kuki militants reportedly came to Torbung Bangla by taking advantage of the night and tried to loot the warehouse located at Torbung Bangla, Bishnupur district but failed.
IFP Editorial: There is an urgent need to de-politicize fertiliser distribution which should involve the district administration and district level agriculture officers.
Manipur Agriculture Minister Th Biswajit said government is planning to introduce nano fertiliser and reduce the allocation of urea (chemical fertiliser) to encourage natural farming.
A farmer of Umathel Mahou Loukol in Sugnu assembly constituency said the authorities concerned are yet to distribute the required urea
IFP Editorial: Farmers are already talking about a bad harvest this year and the reasons given are lack of adequate rainfall in time, unprecedented rise in temperature and of course the chaos in distribution of fertilisers.
As part of the programme, UCM distributed 100 bags of Urea and Rabi crops to the farmers.
Procurement of urea has been increasing each year, but the urea crisis is increasing each year, said AMPFA.
Amid the shortage of fertiliser supply to farmers, NIMPAL points out that fertiliser is being sold in the black market.
Although urea fertiliser was distributed through MLAs and ministers, many farmers are yet to get their share., AMPFA said.
A farmer in Sekmai AC said that those farmers who voted for the MLA got the fertiliser, but some others have not receive a single bag of urea till date.
KaPFA pointed that many instances explain the failure of the state government’s policies and dishonesty of leaders as the main reasons for shortage of urea fertilisers in the state.
LOUSAL president Mutum Churamani said that the land area of paddy fields is decreasing every year due to encroachment or being turned into land for houses or fish farms.
"Candidates who had contested the recent general election are absent at a time when the farmers of Heirok are suffering from shortage of fertilisers."
The MPCC submitted a memorandum on the need for proper guidelines for urea distribution to farmers in the state to the directorate of Agriculture on Wednesday.
Manipur Police team seized 300 bags of fertilisers from two trucks heading towards Myanmar from Imphal along Tiddim Road.
"As the farmers are not getting subsidised urea fertilisers, they are now buying it from the black market at the rate of Rs 1,500 per bags or Rs 50 per kilogram."
Industry Minister Nemcha Kipgen informed the farmers to report anyone selling Urea in the black market within Kangpokpi assembly constituency instead of buying the fertilisers in the black market at an inflated price.
A farmer Nongmaithem Chaoton accused the authority of making the farmers suffer with the scarcity and the price hike of urea.