Hybrid paddy cultivation in Kumram Bheem Asifabad has expanded from 20 to 3,000 acres in eight years. Farmers adopting the male-female hybrid crop are achieving higher yields and profits, supported by favourable conditions and guidance from seed companies.
A farmer from Goyagaon village in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district was critically injured after being attacked by wild boars while returning from his field. Locals rushed to his aid and shifted him to hospitals in Tiryani and later Mancherial.