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The Agriculture Department is prepared for the Kharif-2026 season, with broad plans successful spot to support farmers from the imaginable interaction of El Nino, said Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kinjarapu Atchannaidu connected Monday.
Reviewing Kharif preparedness done a virtual gathering with elder Agriculture Department officials, Joint Directors and District Agriculture Officers astatine the Secretariat successful Amaravati, the Minister said that the authorities had evolved an beforehand enactment program to guarantee farmers bash not look difficulties owed to imaginable rainfall deficits linked to El Nino conditions.
Mr. Atchannaidu said that capable stocks of seeds and fertilisers were disposable crossed the State and assured that stringent monitoring mechanisms were successful spot to forestall immoderate shortage of urea. He directed officials to intimately way district-wise fertiliser stocks and guarantee that the carnal availability matched authoritative records.
He warned against the misuse and amerciable proscription of fertilisers, and said that strict enactment would beryllium taken against dealers violating norms. To bring greater transparency successful urea distribution, the authorities plans to present a peculiar urea paper system, enabling farmers to entree fertiliser based connected existent requirements, the Minister said.
The Minister advised farmers against hoarding urea and stressed balanced usage, suggesting archetypal urea exertion followed by nano urea successful aboriginal stages. He said nano urea had delivered encouraging results for galore farmers.
Mr. Atchannaidu instructed officials to make consciousness astatine colony level astir drought preparedness, beforehand nonstop sowing wherever feasible and promote sustainable agriculture practices, including earthy farming, mixed cropping and intercropping. Senior officials, including Agriculture Special Chief Secretary Budithi Rajasekhar, attended the meeting.
