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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has directed officials to prepare a comprehensive action plan to expand horticulture to 50 lakh acres, establish a dedicated cocoa city, and strengthen the agriculture sector. He emphasised natural farming, multi-cropping, and certification-based marketing to boost farmer incomes.

Telangana Agriculture Secretary K Surendra Mohan urged farmers to expand vegetable cultivation to address shortages, with the government aiming to increase the cultivated area from one lakh acres to five lakh acres over the next five years

To address vegetable storage and boost cultivation, the Telangana government will train over 800 farmers as vegetable cultivation volunteers through primary agricultural credit societies, Agriculture Secretary K Surendra Mohan said at a horticulture meet in Hyderabad

Based on current production levels and future demand, the State is projected to see a fruit production shortfall of over 5 lakh metric tonnes by 2035

Farmers in the district growing Yasangi paddy were facing challenges in controlling the stem borer. To tackle the issue, farmer Koka Sudhakar Reddy installed solar-powered light traps on his six-acre paddy field in Bandarupally village, Thoguta mandal, with guidance from agriculture extension officer T Nagarjuna.

Due to slugs damaging horticultural crops in Chinna Kodur mandal, farmers raised the issue with horticulture officials, who then requested assistance from university scientists. In response, scientists Dr. Anitha Kumari, Dr. Preetham, Dr. Veera Suresh, and Horticulture Officer D. Ramesh visited the tomato, chili, and bean crops of farmers Kanugula Nagaraju and Ragiri Ravi in Pedda Kodur village on Saturday.

Farmers like BNR Exotics Ramesh Reddy, Madan Mohan, Srinivas Reddy and others shared their views on how they started the cultivation and what kind of challenges they faced during the cultivation, and marketing of their harvest.

The fresh report will deny compensation to dozens of horticulture farmers whose names were in the first list.

The total horticulture production in the country including fruits, vegetables, flowers and plantation crops is expected to be a record 351.92 million tonnes during 2022-23

The Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee has issued show cause notices to traders who are purchasing apple and pear in terms of box rates instead of per kilogramme, Horticulture Minister Jagat Singh Negi said.

The centre is poised to significantly enhance crop yields and promote crop diversification among farmers. Moreover, it will serve as a hub for students and scientists to engage in research endeavours.

Sravanthi, the second of three daughters of sheep rearer Swamy and beedi roller Nagamani, is now finding that the challenge of poverty is not yet ready to let her go.

With citizens showing interest in growing plants and terrace gardening picking up in urban cities, the Department of Horticulture in Hyderabad has come forward yet again to help people learn the nuances of growing plants.

Hyderabad: After facilitating supply of quality oil palm saplings and extending subsidy for drip and sprinkler systems, the State Government is now training unemployed youth in rural areas for free in installation of these systems in the farm fields. The Department of Horticulture will be conducting the free training programme for rural youth aged below […]

Hyderabad Prices of pomegranate have plummeted sharply in the city with the fruit now sold for Rs 10 each as against Rs 30 two weeks ago. In the last few days, the number of traders who are selling the fruit in pushcarts across Hyderabad has increased even as people continue to crowd the carts to […]

Adilabad: Collector Sikta Patnaik advised farmers to follow suggestions of experts in cultivating oil palm trees and to grow financially. She visited an oil palm nursery at Madanapur village in Talamadugu mandal on Friday. Sikta said that 68,400 oil palm saplings were readied for planting in 1,368 acres under first phase and 125,400 saplings meant […]

Bhupalpally/Warangal: The officials of the Horticulture are encouraging the farmers to cultivate the oil palm in 7,450 acres for the year 2022-23 in the district. To achieve this target, District Collector Bhavesh Mishra convened a meeting with the officials of the Horticulture, Suven Agro and MI Agro companies a couple of days ago and chalked […]

Hyderabad: Prior to 2014, majority of the horticulture farmers were confined to conventional farming practices, which was increasing their input cost, besides resulting in lot of water utility. Considering these factors, soon after State formation, Telangana Government provided micro irrigation equipment to horticulture farmers under huge subsidy across the State. The result is phenomenal. In […]

Hyderabad: Relishing mangoes this season could be a costly affair as the yield has decreased drastically in the State due to varied reasons, including unseasonal rains, temperature variations and pest attacks. As the arrival of mangoes decreased in the markets, they are now being sold at Rs.120 to Rs.150 a kg in the retail sector. […]

Sangareddy: He dropped out of studies after completing Intermediate in 2000 at age 17. He did odd jobs for a couple of years before trying his hand at horticulture farming in 2002 at age 19. He now has 20 agriculture labourers working for him, and makes a neat Rs 1 crore profit per annum at […]