Farmers are urging the State government to step in with measures such as cold storage infrastructure and a minimum support price to ensure stability in the tomato market
Prior to 2014, agriculture production was only 62 lakh metric tons in Telangana but last year, paddy production alone was three crore metric tons, Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said.
The increase in storage capacity was essential to cater to the increasing agriculture production the State has been witnessing every year, said Finance Minister T Harish Rao