Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao ordered the official to take measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents, to ensure that the farmers do not face any inconvenience in the markets
Warangal: Much to the surprise and joy of the chilli farmers, the Desi variety chilli has created history by fetching Rs 52,000 per quintal on Tuesday at the Enumamula agriculture market here. The same variety of chilli got a record price of Rs 48,000 per quintal on March 22, while the same variety was sold […]
Suryapet: Chilli farmers are facing huge losses in Nalgonda and Suryapet districts due to infesting of western flower thrips to the horticulture crop in thousands of acres of land. The farmers took up cultivation of chilli crop in 27,472 acres in Suryapet district and in 3,073 acres on Nalgonda. More than 28 lakh tonnes of […]
Khammam: Chilli farmers in the district demanded that the government pay compensation to the farmers whose crop was damaged by pest infestation. Seeking to consider the damage to the crop as a natural calamity and Rs 1 lakh per acre compensation, a large number of farmers laid siege to the district horticulture office here on […]
Hyderabad: The Rashtriya Kisan Progressive Association (RKPA) has asked the chilli growers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to unite and jointly fight regulators that are blocking quality agri-input and advocate the usage of modern agri-tech practices to tackle invasive pests like ‘Thripsparvispinus’. The RKPA has also appealed to the Chief Ministers, and administrators of the […]
Visakhapatnam: BJP Rajya Sabha member GVL Narasimha Rao has urged the Andhra Pradesh government to immediately address the issue of payment of compensation to chilli farmers as an emergency measure. Talking to media persons here on Thursday, he said he had already written a letter to Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on the issue on […]