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Paddy Pain. धान का दर्द

@GaonConnection and @GaonConnectionE launch a new series from paddy growing states in the Indo-Gangetic plains that have received deficient monsoon rainfall, leaving paddy farmers in distress. It has global repercussions too!

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As part of @GaonConnection & @GaonConnectionE new series – #PaddyPain – here's the ground report from Uttar Pradesh, the no. 2 rice growing state in India. Deficient monsoon rainfall has affected paddy sowing. It has national and global impact.

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"The lack of rainfall has been disastrous to farmers. It hasn't rained at all. The government should ideally declare a drought and provide a relief package," Moonge Lal, pradhan of Madhopur village in Farrukhabad, UP.

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"Wheat production this year was affected by early heatwaves and now deficient monsoon rainfall is set to impact paddy. Two staple crops being affected is likely to have an impact on the grain stocks in the country."

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"The rainfall in the Indo-Gangetic plains which began by July 19 will not be enough to compensate for the loss of precipitation in the months of June and the half of July," @Mpalawat of @SkymetWeather.

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"I have never seen this kind of weather before. The entire saawan (rainy season) is about to end and there has been negligible rainfall. My paddy seedlings are on the verge of drying up."
@upagriculture @AgriGoI

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After West Bengal (13.79%), Uttar Pradesh contributes 13.34% of rice production in India. More than half the monsoon season is over and UP has received deficient rainfall, affecting paddy. What lies ahead?

Ground report: bit.ly/3zGnst3

उत्तर प्रदेश, भारत के प्रमुख चावल उत्पादक राज्यों में से एक है। मानसून का आधे से ज्यादा मौसम बीत चुका है और राज्य में 40% कम बारिश दर्ज की गई है। क्या यह धान उत्पादन और खाद्य कल्याण योजनाओं को प्रभावित करेगा? @GaonConnection की ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट हिंदी में

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WATCH ground report from Uttar Pradesh as part of @GaonConnection series –– Paddy Pain. Deficient rainfall has affected paddy sowing in Indo-Gangetic plains.

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