Mango farmers urged to reduce chemical use for better yields

Speakers astatine a grooming programme organised nether task ‘Mango Unnati’ inaugural gave a clarion telephone to the farming assemblage to guarantee rational usage of chemic fertilisers and pesticides for optimal prime of mango production.

Tirupati Rashtriya Seva Samithi (RASS), successful collaboration with the Coca-Cola Foundation, New Delhi, conducted the programme astatine RASS Seva Nilayam present connected Thursday, arsenic portion of a sustained run to execute high-quality yields successful ‘Totapuri’ mango variety. Totapuri mangoes are cultivated extensively crossed 20 mandals successful combined Chittoor district.

RASS wide caput S. Venkataratnam said that the excessive usage of chemic fertilisers and pesticides was resulting successful mediocre prime produce, which was subsequently depriving them of just marketplace prices.

Stressing connected the request to travel technological absorption practices and works extortion measures recommended by scientists, helium opined that the usage of bio-fertilisers and bio-pesticides would importantly bring down the dependence connected chemicals.

Later, helium distributed nutrient kits containing Multi-K, bio-fertilisers, Pongamia lipid and ‘Mango special’ micronutrient mixtures to 100 farmers for conducting demonstrations astatine their fields.

Scientists from the RASS Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) offered tips to the progressive farmers from Rompicherla, Pulicherla, Penumuru, Yerravaripalem, Chinnagottigallu, Vedurukuppam and Puttur mandals of combined Chittoor district.