Dry Spells in Agriculture Plains: Farmers Advised to Irrigate Wheat Crops Sown Early
Posted by Unknown in Advise and Tips, Pakistan, Wheat on Friday 25 January 2013
The
farmers should irrigate the early sown wheat crops as per need keeping
in view the dry spell in the country's most agricultural plains, the Met
office advised.
It
says in its ten-day farmer advisory that the wheat crop is developing
in the country and urged the growers to remove weeds from the standing
crops to scale down losses in the yield.
It says, "weeds consume considerable moisture and food from the field.
As a result considerable loss in yield occurs every year".
It advises the farmers to use either weedicides or remove the weeds manually.
It forecast mainly dry whether in most parts of the country and Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir from January 1 to January 10.
However,
mostly cloudy conditions with isolated light to moderate rain/light
snowfall over the hills in Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan are expected from
January 4 to January 7 January, 2012.
Moderate
to dense fog in the morning hours is likely to remain in the plain
areas of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa including Peshawar, Charsada and Sawabi, it
says.
"Mostly
cloudy conditions with isolated light to moderate rain/light snowfall
over the hills expected in Malakand, Hazara divisions during the period
January 4 to January 7, 2012," it forecasts.
It
says isolated light to moderate rain/light snowfall over the hills is
expected in Quetta, Kalat and Zhob divisions from January 4 to January
5, 2012.
The
plains of Punjab including Lahore, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Faisalabad,
Multan and Bahawalpur are likely to experience moderate to dense fog in
the morning hours during the period.
"Mostly
cloudy conditions with isolated light to moderate rain/light snowfall
over the hills expected in Islamabad/ Rawalpindi, Gujranwala divisions
from January 4to January 7, 2012Whether in Sindh is expected to remain
dry Sindh, it says.
