Farmers in Himachal‘s Una reap bumper harvest of potatoes

Una’s potato is sort of well-known, and is shipped on the market in Himachal’s markets in addition to numerous markets of the nation.

Within the final Kharif season potato crop was sown in 1800 acres, Pukhraj potato selection was grown on this space, which supplies most yield. Other than this, potato crop can also be being sown on about 1200 hectares in Rabi season in Una, whose common yield is about 250 quintals per hectare.

Kulbhushan Dhiman, Deputy Director of Agriculture Division, says that the potatoes have been sown in 1800 hectares of space this 12 months, and now the work of harvesting the crop is happening in full swing.

Sanjeev Kumar, a farmer of Decrease Badhera in Una, has grown potato crop in 120 kanals. He says that this 12 months he has obtained good costs for potatoes, and his crop is being bought immediately from the sector by merchants.

Other than this, officers of the Agriculture Division additionally come to the fields now and again and supply details about crop care and measures to keep away from pests and illnesses, he added.