Colombo: India has assured Sri Lanka of fertiliser supplies to help the debt-ridden country avert severe food shortages caused by crop losses and exacerbated by the worst economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office said on Thursday. President Rajapaksa, while speaking with a group of irrigation officials on the next harvesting season’s requirements, said Prime Minister […]
Sangareddy: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has asked the agriculture and other department officials to encourage the farmers to take up cotton and soybean cultivation in more acres during the coming Vanakalam season since there was a great demand for both the crops in the market. Addressing the agriculture officials and other allied departments officials […]
Hyderabad: Fertiliser consumption in Telangana has come down considerably between 2015-16 and 2020-21, with usage of urea reducing from 256.13 kg per hectare in 2015-16 to 193.48 kg per hectare in 2020-21. However, overall consumption of fertilisers has increased with usage of urea from 12.53 lakh tonnes in 2015-16 to 17.53 lakh tonnes in 2020-21, […]