CITI-CDRA's Cotton Tech Scheme Covers 1,100 Farmers In Vidarbha

Coimbatore: The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry's Cotton Development and Research Association (CITI-CDRA) has conducted cotton production technology demonstration to the 1,100 farmers in Buldhana district in the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra during the current season. The demonstration under the Ministry of Agriculture's sponsored front line demonstrations (FLDs) scheme of the technology mission on cotton is targeted at improving the yield through transfer of modern production technologies which includes reducing the cost of cultivation. The FLDs would be extended in the four villages of Shelapur, Pimpri Gawli, Talani and Talkhed in Buldhana district. These programmes cost Rs 24 lakh and the farmers will be eligible for input subsidy worth of Rs 1,400 per acre, according to CITI-CDRA. The farmers have preferred for Bt cotton of Bunny, Mallika, Rasi-2 and Brahma hybrids on a large scale in the region.