India’s Telangana Government will set up a cotton research centre in Adilabad, State Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy recently announced. Chairing a review meeting of agriculture, horticulture and other departments and corporations in Hyderabad, Reddy said steps are being taken to aid diversification of crops and improve seed quality and yield.
Crop colonies would be set up across the State to encourage farmers to opt for banana, chilli, cotton seed, red gram, mango and other horticultural crops, by branding and promoting crops specific to areas where they are grown extensively, he said.
Crop loans to the tune of Rs. 17,000 cr were waived off for 40 lakh farmers, Rythu Bima claims of Rs. 3,695.10 cr disbursed to 73,902 farmers and Rythu Vedikas were constructed across the State by spending Rs. 573 cr, he was quoted as saying.
