Maize is indigenous plant. It is
also called corn, which is an important food crop of poor people in the Great
Plains and in the hilly and of the Northern part. It is also used for making
glucose and starch. Maize is the third largest planted crop after wheat and
rice. It is an important food staple. Maize is a multi-seasonal crop i.e. it is
harvested in both rabi and kharif season. It feeds businesses the most
profitable are poultry-feed from maize and ethanol from maize stover.
For increasing in the
productivity of kharif maize, the Punjab government has lead an event organizing for making timely arrangement of hybrid seeds
of high production of varieties to the farmers.
The State Government has fixed a
target to bring 2 lakh hectares under kharif maize in Punjab for providing with
the additional source of income to the farmers. To maintain proper moisture for
maize production government have taken an excellent steps. For the increase
production of maize the Punjab Government has installed seven big dryers and small
dryers costing in the state at a total cost of Rs 52.85 crore and Rs 6 lakh
each respectively. They are also being provided to villages to farmers on 50%
subsidy and selected a total of 70 blocks in 14 districts. In this way we would
be utilizing whole of the maize plant material and providing the farmers with a
much better returns that what they are getting at present. The land area
devoted to maize production has also increased significantly higher. There is a
lot of growth production of land cultivation. And generally reducing the risk
to farmers caused by climate change.
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