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Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kinjarapu Atchannaidu says that the State authorities has made arrangements to guarantee farmers person capable seed, fertilizers and irrigation enactment for the ensuing Kharif-2026 season.
“The authorities is implementing an ‘advance enactment plan’ to debar inconvenience to the farmers and guarantee timely cultivation operations crossed the State,” Mr. Atchannaidu said successful Friday.
The Andhra Pradesh State Seed Development Corporation would proviso 7.46 lakh quintals of subsidised effect nether a ₹294-crore programme during 2026-27. Distribution of subsidised paddy, groundnut, millet and pulse seeds would statesman successful phases from May 15 done the Rythu Seva Kendras, helium added.
Mr. Atchannaidu said each seeds supplied done the AP Seeds were undergoing prime tests successful laboratory earlier distribution. Green manure seeds would besides beryllium supplied astatine 50% subsidy to amended ungraded health.
There would beryllium nary shortage of fertilizers during the kharif season, helium assured. Andhra Pradesh had 7.77 lakh tonnes of fertilizer banal available, including urea, DAP and analyzable fertilizers, helium said, and warned that strict enactment would beryllium taken against anyone creating artificial shortage oregon edifice to overpricing.
The authorities besides finalised a broad irrigation program successful coordination with the Water Resources Department. Water merchandise for cultivation would statesman successful phases from May 15, aft reappraisal of reservoir levels and canal attraction works.
Mr. Atchannaidu said the State provided irrigation h2o to a grounds 99.35 lakh acres during the erstwhile kharif play and assured that the authorities was afloat prepared to enactment farmers this twelvemonth arsenic well.
