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Model farm records 165 bushels per acre

by Kahawa special correspondent

A model farm maintained by the Weragoda Govi-Jana Kendraya in Kahawa, cultivated with the BW-361 (red) strain of paddy under an integrated pest management scheme has recorded a harvest of 165 bushels per acre this Maha season.

This is far in excess of the average yield of 70 bushels per acre, recorded by farmers in the area. S. H. Kahingala, Agricultural Instructor of the Weragoda Govi-Jana Kendraya is conducting this model farm with the assistance of Agriculture Research and Production Officers (ARPOs) to induce farmers in the area to minimise the use of pesticides and other chemicals and depend more on carbonic fertiliser to increase yields. Paddy straw and burnt paddy husks are utilised to produce the carbonic fertiliser. Mr. Kahingala and other officers of the Weragoda Govi-Jana Kendraya summoned farmers in the area and conducted them on an inspection tour of the model farm at Ilukbissayaya, Galduwa before harvesting the Maha crop recently.

Farmers said they were highly impressed by the rich paddy crop produced by the model farm.

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