Staff Reporter
The devastating cyclone SIDR has damaged Aman paddy of nearly 5 lakh hectares of land on Thursday night, which will cost the country a deficit of 6 lakh metric tones.
An Agriculture Ministry meeting yesterday revealed that the volume of loss of crops might increase once the comprehensive report is available within the next 10 days.
This year the government set a production target of 1.30 crore MTs of Aman paddy. The second phase of flood had damaged crops of a big area of land for which the government fears 10 lakh MT less production of Aman paddy. [Read more]