Anantapur can become a model in natural farming for the country, says Collector

District Collector O. Anand said that Anantapur territory tin pb Rayalaseema portion successful becoming a exemplary for earthy farming for the full state astatine a league held by Accion Fraterna Ecology Centre connected the juncture of ‘World Day to Combat Drought and Desertification-2026’ present connected Wednesday.

Addressing farmers from Sri Sathya Sai and Anantapur districts, Mr. Anand expressed happiness astatine the efforts being made by farmers and NGOs to beforehand climate-resilient agriculture and earthy farming successful the district. He expressed anticipation that the existent 85,000 acres nether earthy farming would summation to 2 lakh acres by adjacent year.

“The authorities has acceptable a people of 2 lakh acres successful Anantapur territory for pre-monsoon adust sowing truthful that earthy farming tin beryllium taken up successful these lands, and different 35,000 acres of barren onshore volition beryllium brought nether cultivation during the existent harvest year,” the Collector added.

Accion Fraterna Ecology Centre manager Y.V. Malla Reddy said the quality of rainfall had go erratic and that seasons and clime were not successful the power of farmers. Therefore, helium stressed that they should accommodate to the caller clime alteration script and accommodate their cultivation practices to these caller realities.

Conservator of Forests, R. Yashoda Bai, urged farmers to works trees wherever possible, and informed that 10 lakh saplings were made acceptable by the Forest Department for planting from July 1. “Plant trees to enactment earthy farming, she said, adding that without trees similar Neem oregon Kanuga, it was not imaginable to marque bio-fertilisers oregon bio-pesticides.

Meanwhile, demonstrative agriculture plots were displayed successful the unfastened crushed to showcase however climate-resilient agriculture could go a reality. Nearly 500 farmers attended the event. Mr. Anand and Ms. Yashoda Bai went circular the stalls and accumulation connected cropping patterns.

Divisional Forest Officer (Social Forestry) Guru Prabhakar, District Agriculture Officer N. Salu Reddy, District Horticulture Officer Uma Devi and others besides attended.