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The grade of country nether rootlike cultivation successful India and Telangana, driblet successful the acreage, gross generated from it, measures to boost it were discussed astatine the inaugural time of three-day agelong annual radical gathering of All India Crop Research Project (AICRP) organised astatine Vegetable Research Centre successful Rajendranagar, connected Friday (February 20, 2026).
Area nether horticultural crops doubled successful the past 12 years, and this assemblage volition beryllium worthy $747 cardinal by 2047, said Sudhakar Pandey, Assistant Director General, Indian Institute of Agricultural Research. Stating that depletion of horticultural products has accrued from 5 kg to 9.7 kg, helium said that 369 cardinal tonnes of horticultural accumulation is imaginable successful 13% of the cultivated country successful the state and 599 cardinal tonnes is required by 2047.
Horticultural products worthy ₹5,700 crore per annum are mislaid post-harvest. The authoritative called for intensified probe to make rootlike varieties that are resistant to clime change, resistant to aggregate pests and disease, are suitable for export and affluent successful nutrients.
Telangana
Vice Chancellor of Sri Konda Laxman Telangana Horticultural University, Raji Reddy, said that determination is simply a gradual alteration successful the country nether rootlike cultivation successful Telangana; it dropped from 3 lakh acres a decennary agone to 1 lakh acre successful 2024-25 and determination is simply a request to summation it two-fold.
To lick the contented of shortage of vegetables successful Telangana, implicit 800 farmers volition beryllium trained arsenic champion rootlike cultivation volunteers, who volition successful crook bid others, said Agriculture Department Secretary, K Surendra Mohan.
On the occasion, the yearly reports of AICRP and the Horticultural University, and works connected drone probe successful okra and ridge gourd were released.
