From: Ravi Narasimhan <ravi.narasimhan.in@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 4:03 PM
Subject: [www.keralites.net] Bihar farmer sets new world record, harvests 108.8 tonnes of potato per hecrtare
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Patna: Bihar's farmers have done it again. A farmer from Sohdih village of Bihar's Nalanda district has set a new world record in potato production through organic farming this year. The potato farmer, Rakesh Kumar, has harvested 108.8 tonnes of potato per hecrtare and set a new world record in potato production, Nalanda district magistrate Sanjay Kumar Agrawal said on February 18.
Last year, a farmer of Darveshpura village in Nalanda had set a world record in potato production through organic farming.
"Rakesh Kumar has created a new world record in potato production through organic farming. It was verified by experts, scientists and officials," Agrawal said.
He said several officials and agricultural experts were present in the field at harvest time to verify the claim and record it. According to him, last March, a potato farmer, Nitish Kumar, harvested 72.9 tonnes of potato per hectare and set a world record.
Till then, the world record was 45 tonnes per hectare, held by farmers in the Netherlands. Earlier, farmers of the village in Nalanda had created a world record by producing 224 quintals of paddy per hectare.
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