‘Cotton research centre in Adilabad’
Hyderabad: The agriculture sector is emerging as the most remunerative and leading employment sector in Telangana, with the State government’s farmer-friendly and market-driven policies. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy stated that besides crop diversification, there was extensive research activities were being promoted through the agriculture research stations in the State in this regard. Considering the […]
Hyderabad: The agriculture sector is emerging as the most remunerative and leading employment sector in Telangana, with the State government’s farmer-friendly and market-driven policies. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy stated that besides crop diversification, there was extensive research activities were being promoted through the agriculture research stations in the State in this regard.
Considering the demand for Telangana cotton in the international market, the State government has decided to establish a cotton research centre in Adilabad at the earliest. In this regard, the Minister said the government was extending all support for research and setting up basic amenities in this regard. Further, the toor dal seed research centre at Tandur also will be developed.
He chaired a review meeting on the government policies, agricultural growth, and farmer-friendly initiatives among others with the officials of Agriculture, Horticulture, Marketing and Cooperative departments along with agricultural and horticultural universities and other officials here on Tuesday.
Niranjan Reddy said not confining to Hyderabad and its surroundings, vegetable cultivation should be encouraged extensively in towns and municipal corporation limits. A committee will be constituted to study traditional cultivation methods for oil palm cultivation, apart from making the best usage of modern technology for agricultural development.
The officials were directed to acquire necessary land for the establishment of a new oil factory at Vemsuru in Khammam district under Telangana Oil Federation (TS Oilfed) in addition to the existing one at Ashwaropeta. Plans are afoot to establish two more oil palm factories in Siddipet and Mahabubabad as well as another four oil palm factories in the next six months.
Rythu Bandhu Samithi chairman and MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, Agriculture Secretary Raghunandan Rao, Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University vice-chancellor Praveen Rao, Sri Konda Laxman Horticulture University vice-chancellor Neeraja Prabhakar, and other officials were present.
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