A file photograph of Tobacco Board workers analyzing the standard of seedlings in a nursery.
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The Tobacco Board has authorised a crop size of 100 million kg for Karnataka during the yr 2024-25.
G. Bulli Subba Rao, Regional Manager of Tobacco Board, Mysuru, mentioned that the board has authorised tobacco cultivation on 1.70 lakh hectares by registered tobacco growers on the fee of 1,806 kg per simplex barn.
While mentioning that the registration course of for upcoming crop season will begin on March 27, the Regional Manager urged tobacco growers to take up cultivation solely throughout the space authorised to them, and to not domesticate tobacco in extra of the authorised space and with out registration with the board.
“The growers are also requested to take up cultivation of alternative crops along with tobacco so that farmers could be safeguarded against any possible market fluctuations, which will ensure sustainability of farming,” he added.
