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As far as the Krishna basin projects are concerned, the worst is over and the inflows being received for the last one week are holding out hope for a normal year, irrigation officials said.

Says every work initiated by the Collectors should remind the people that it was a people-friendly government

Vanakalam cultivation area at just 1/3rd of targeted 15 mn acres

The university advised farmers not to sow long and medium duration rice varieties but adopt only short-duration (120-125 days) rice varieties during this season.

Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageshwar Rao on Thursday wrote to union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers JP Nadda, stressing the need for timely supply of fertilisers.

Farmers alleged that though they have paid DDs for setting up transformers at agricultural lands three months ago, the electricity authorities were not taking any step towards installing the transformers.

The maximum power demand met on Monday, stood at 9160 MW, way below the highest peak demand of 15,623 MW on March 8.

Ruling out any short supply of seed in the State, he said the State government had made adequate stocks of seed and fertilisers stocks available for the season.

The minimum support price operations were off to a start much early this year and realisation of procurement targets was way ahead compared to last year.

He claimed that the need to seek water from other States would not have arisen had the previous government acted responsibly on the water front.

The CAG report had claimed that the anticipated post project benefits from agriculture under the project were overstated by the State government.

The Central Government has procured 496 lakh tonnes of rice from last year's kharif crop

Yadadri-Bhongir: Six lakh metric tons of paddy will be procured from farmers in the district for this kharif crop season. Speaking at a meeting held with Civil Supplies and Marketing Department officials here on Thursday, Additional District Collector (Revenue) D Srinivasa Reddy said it was estimated by the Agriculture department that 6.58 lakh metric tons […]

In the nation-wide data released by the union Agriculture Ministry on Friday, the Telangana State recorded over seven per cent growth in paddy sown area during the ongoing Vaanakalam (Kharif) season when compared to last Vaanakalam season.

Anantapur: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday released Rs 2,977 crore under the YSR Free Crop Insurance scheme for the 2021-Kharif season directly into the accounts of 15.61 lakh farmers at a function held at ChenneKothapalli village of Sri Satyasai district. Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister said that Anantapur district in […]

Hyderabad: The Balanagar Special Operations Team along with Dundigal police and Agriculture department officials busted a spurious cotton seeds (BG-II) racket and caught two persons on Saturday. They seized seeds weighing 400 kg and a car, altogether worth Rs.16.2 lakh. The arrested persons are M.Harish (36), from Karimnagar district and D.Hari (31), from Medchal, who […]

Nalgonda: An agricultural action plan was prepared by the agricultural officials for kharif crop season estimating cultivation of crops in 11,46,300 acres in the district. According to the kharif action plan, it was estimated that the cultivation of paddy would continue as second highest crop take up by the farmers in terms of area after […]

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has exuded confidence that the prestigious Polavaram project would be completed by Kharif season in 2023. Participating in a discussion on the project in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly here on Tuesday, he said the approval of the designs by the CWC was being awaited which the […]

What’s it about: State IT department takes up pilot project on AI based pest management for cotton 2,800 villages in Karimnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Khammam, Wanaparthy and Mahabubabad covered AI based solution enabled cotton farmers to identify pest attacks in the early stages and initiate corrective measures accordingly to avoid crop damage Hyderabad: This Kharif season, […]

By Prof Devi Prasad Juvvadi The challenges of agriculture in Telangana are different compared with other States. The measures taken after the bifurcation of the State towards agricultural development started giving desired results, but this has landed the sector into different problems. Expansion of irrigated areas has helped increase paddy production by about three times […]