Harvesting of paddy crops in full swing in Kashmir Valley

Farmers of Kashmir valley are harvesting paddy crops in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. The Climatic condition of the region was so good in the month of October that it helped to increase the paddy production in the valley of Kashmir. The harvesting process of paddy crops has started in all districts of the valley including Anantnag, Budgam, Pulwama and Ganderbal which resulted in completing the harvesting process at proper time.  Director Agriculture Kashmir Choudhary Mohammad Iqbal said, “with the help of new seed varieties, the quality and quantity of paddy crop has been increased. This year, the production of paddy crop has increased to seventy to eighty quintals per hectare as compared to last which was in sixty to sixty-five quintals per hectare.”