CIFA advisor P Chengal Reddy blamed the union government for the urea shortage affecting Telangana’s Kharif farmers. He said poor planning, lapses in coordination and reliance on urea have hit productivity, urging India to adopt biotech farming practices like other countries
India's agricultural yields remain far below global standards. For instance, while India produces 479 kilograms of cotton per hectare, China achieves 1990 kilograms per hectare.
Hyderabad: Union Minister for Commerce, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal’s comments asking the Telangana government to get people habituated to consuming broken rice drew flak from experts and representatives of farmers’ unions. Goyal made these remarks when Ministers from Telangana met him in New Delhi on paddy procurement on Thursday. Terming the remarks of […]
Rythu Bandhu, the investment support scheme launched by the TRS government in May 2018, is by far the most innovative and landmark initiative of the administration that has had a profound impact on the farm sector, both qualitatively and quantitatively. The scheme not only pulled out farmers from the debt trap that they were in […]
Hyderabad: A farmer’s main concern before taking up cultivation is investment and the Rythu Bandhu scheme provides the much-needed support for farmers in Telangana State in this aspect, P Chengal Reddy, chief advisor of Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) and honorary chairman of Federation of Farmers Associations (FFA) said. He described the Rythu Bandhu […]
Hyderabad: Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) chief advisor and honorary chairman of Federation of Farmers Associations (FFA) P Chengal Reddy emphasised the need for a holistic national policy for marketing agriculture produce to double farmers’ income across the country. He asserted that the union government fulfill its responsibilities by providing marketing facilities for crops […]
