Water audit need of the hour: Collector
Collector R. Revathi has emphasized the urgent need for water audits and judicious water usage in the delta region during a World Coconut Day event. She also encouraged farmers to adopt fodder intercropping to mitigate potential impacts from the El Nino effect.
Why it matters
Effective water management and agricultural adaptation are critical for regional food security and economic stability in India's delta farming communities.
Collector R. Revathi on Wednesday said that judicious use of water was the need of the hour in delta region.
Addressing World Coconut Day celebration organised by the East Coast Coconut Farmers Association at Peravurani on Wednesday (September 2). she said water audit had assumed importance in view of the current situation experienced by delta farmers. Efforts had been initiated to make water preservation and its judicious use as a mass movement and farmers must use the available water economically during the ongoing cultivation season.
Urging the coconut farmers to opt for fodder intercropping at their groves as the requirement of fodder might increase due to El Nino effect, she said block-level committees had been formed to assist coconut and other crop cultivators to manufacture value-added products with assistance from NIFTEM-T.
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