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HYDERABAD
Minister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao asked Markfed authorities carrying retired the procurement workout of maize and jowar nether the terms enactment strategy to velocity up acquisition of maize by addressing issues specified arsenic shortage of gunny sacks, retention abstraction (godowns), hamalis and transportation.
The Minister stated connected Friday that maize cultivation had accrued phenomenally successful the 2025-26 Rabi play and the output was besides considerably precocious astatine 26.57 quintals per acre. Following the refusal of the Centre to procure maize successful Telangana this season, the State authorities has decided to procure astatine slightest 14.9 lakh tonnes and of it 6.74 lakh tonnes has been procured till date.
The quantity of maize procured is from 1.22 lakh farmers and the worth of procurement is ₹1,650 crore. Procurement of 14.9 lakh tonnes would necessitate astir ₹4,000 crore astatine the minimum enactment terms of ₹2,400 per acre. The Minister stated that the State authorities had decided to proceed procurement adjacent successful the lack of immoderate practice from the Centre. He said peculiar officers were besides appointed combined district-wise to oversee the procurement exercise.
According to officials of the Agriculture department, maize is cultivated successful 16,36,730 acres and the accumulation is estimated astatine 43,48,791.6 tonnes astatine 26.57 quintals per acre. Similarly, jowar is raised successful 4,03,400 acres and the estimated accumulation is 4,03,400 tonnes astatine an mean 10 quintals per acre. The output is estimated astatine 15 to 20 quintals per acre successful irrigated areas and 8 to 12 quintals per acre successful the rain-fed areas.
The MSP fixed for jowar by the Centre is ₹3,699 per quintal for hybrid varieties and ₹3,749 per quintal for ‘maldandi’ variety.
