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Cultivation of dragon effect has recovered its spot among farmers successful Karur district.
The cultivation of the fruit, which is valued for its affluent antioxidant content, is constricted to a fewer places successful the State. With the volition of promoting the cultivation of the fruit, the State authorities came up with a subsidy strategy a fewer years ago. It was accrued to ₹1.62 lakh an hectare successful 2025-26 from ₹96,000 per hectare. While tiny and marginal farmers are eligible to get 100% subsidy, the others tin assertion 75% subsidy.
According to officials of the Department of Horticulture, the harvest had been raised successful Thogamalai, Kulithalai, Aravakurichi, and Kadavur blocks. Six farmers were fixed ₹5.46 lakh arsenic subsidy for raising the crop. Nine hectares had truthful acold been brought nether dragon effect cultivation successful the district.
Collector M. Thangavel, who visited a tract astatine Iraniyamangalam successful Kulithalai artifact connected Thursday, said the prevailing clime successful the territory suited the crop. It had a lifespan of 20 years. It would statesman bearing effect wrong archetypal twelvemonth and would scope afloat productivity successful 3 oregon 4 years. Farmers could marque usage of the subsidy strategy for raising the crop.
