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The aviator task to summation harvest productivity done harvest diversification began successful Nandyal territory connected Thursday.
The part of crops and station harvest absorption of foodgrain astatine the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Union Ministry of Agriculture, sanctioned the aviator task for harvest diversification done All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) connected Integrated Farming Systems to Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Maruteru, successful collaboration with RARS, Nandyal, and Krishi Vignan Kendra (KVK), Banavasi successful Kurnool district, from 2024-25.
Project Coordinator B. Sahadeva Reddy, Principal Scientist (Agronomy), RARS, Maruteru, said that the task aimed to amended the livelihoods of farmers done sustainable agriculture accumulation systems. “Crop diversification successful agriculture is being promoted, which involves increasing a assortment of crops to heighten cultivation resilience to climatic aberrations, amended ungraded health, trim risks, and summation income, often shifting from monoculture to a premix of crops and adoption of integrated farming systems,” helium said.
Under the project, during Kharif 2025, 100 demonstrations connected inter-cropping of soyabean and bajra crops successful redgram were taken up successful examination with sole redgram successful Nandyal and Kurnool districts.
During rabi season, nether irrigated adust conditions, 100 demonstrations connected maize was taken up successful examination to transplanted atom successful Nandyal and Kurnool districts. For simplification of drudgery of sowing crops, objection connected propulsion hoe effect drill for maize sowing and azygous labourer was displayed to farmers during the consciousness programmes conducted astatine KVK, Banavasi, connected Wednesday and RARS, Nandyal, connected Thursday.
Crop diversification with irrigated adust crops offers advantages similar accrued income, improved ungraded health, and greater resilience to clime changes erstwhile compared to a rice-monoculture system, portion besides promoting nutrient information and amended assets utilisation.
