Agri Minister asks CII to take conferences and expos to rural areas

Telangana Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has requested the Confederation of Indian Trade (CII) and different stakeholders to take the newest applied sciences and improvements to rural areas in order that small and marginal farmers would get entry to them.

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“They’ve been following conventional farming strategies since they lacked information concerning the newest advances. You must go to villages and be certain that they get entry to the newest strategies and practices,” he stated.

Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the three-day CII AgriTech South convention and exhibition right here on Friday, he requested the CII to organise related conferences and exhibitions in rural areas.

CII (Telangana Chairman) C Shekar Reddy agreed to the Minister’s proposal and requested for the federal government’s help in holding the conferences in rural areas.

Want of the hour

He stated there was a must undertake an Agri-cluster Improvement Strategy based mostly on the manufacturing strengths of various agroclimatic areas and land administration items.

He stated the State ought to begin a Horticulture Mission and an Oilseeds Mission in tune with the nationwide efforts.

He additionally needed the federal government to introduce a Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) Coverage to carry farmers producing completely different crops.

M Raghunandan Rao, Agriculture Secretary (authorities of Telangana), stated that farmers confronted dangers in each crop cycle and so they wanted all help, together with from seed corporations. He stated the federal government was considering introducing crop insurance coverage and the Rythu Bharosa help to ₹15,000 an acre.