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Hyderabad: State Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Tuesday urged the Central government to increase the indicative cost on drip irrigation from the current Rs 27,304 per hectare under PMKSY to Rs 50,000 to Rs 55,000 per hectare for cultivating oil palm. Stating that the Telangana government was promoting oil palm cultivation as part of […]

Kothagudem: District Collector D Anudeep asked horticulture officials and scientists to motivate farmers to follow modern farming techniques for getting better yield and profits. He said farmers should be educated about the cultivation of commercial crops like oil palm as there was good demand for palm oil in the market. The Telangana government has been […]

Jangaon: District Collector Ch Shivalingaiah directed the officials of the horticulture department to take up steps on war footing to set up palm oil nurseries in the district since the target for the district to cultivate oil palm was 400 acres. At least 86 farmers already came forward to cultivate oil palm in the district, […]

Addressing a gathering, Indrakaran said that Telangana government was implementing a slew of schemes for the welfare of agrarian community

The States like Telangana where oil palm cultivation is being encouraged in a big way with incentives have flagged the issue of high import tax on oil palm seeds and rightly advocated tax reduction

The announcement comes within weeks of the State government announcing its policy to promote oil palm cultivation

Pointing out that Siddipet district was permitted to take up Oil Palm in 50,000 acres, Harish Rao said they had plans in place to take up cultivation of Oil Palm in 5,000 acres this year

At present, oil palm crop is being cultivated in about 48,806 acres in the State

The State government is all set to give an impetus to the Agriculture sector with emphasis on modern cultivation methods, farm mechanisation and market-driven production.

In their 35 acres of land in the village, Harikrishna cultivates a variety of agriculture and horticulture crops such as paddy, turmeric, chilli, cocoa, oil palm and coconut

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao approved the Oil Palm Crop Extension project being taken up at a cost of Rs 4,800 crore, in a bid to promote its cultivation in about 8.14 lakh acres in the State. He announced a 50 per cent subsidy to farmers cultivating the crop in the State. The Chief […]