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The Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University (PJTAU), Hyderabad, and the Department of Agriculture, volition big the first-ever mega farmers’ mela that volition exclusively diagnostic women farmers from crossed the State.
The two-day conclave, to commemorate International Women’s Day, volition beryllium held connected the assemblage premises connected March 8 and 9, and volition absorption connected ungraded health, relation of women successful integer agriculture, labour issues, and harvest rotation arsenic the cardinal areas.
Unlike the past melas and shows, this is unsocial and volition person up to 5000 women farmers from assorted districts connected each day. All the sessions volition besides beryllium successful an aata-paata (song and dance) format to nonstop crossed the connection intelligibly and effectively, PJTAU Vice Chancellor, Aldas Janaiah, said addressing the media successful Hyderabad connected Friday (March 6, 2026).
The lawsuit is besides the University’s archetypal inaugural nether the State government’s Prajapalana – Pragati Pranalika 99-day programme.
“By focusing connected women successful agriculture, ‘the invisible large force’, we tin purpose astatine their capableness building, empowerment, and thereby their power connected the sector. This we privation to bash successful a localised attack to found the connection and code cardinal areas specified arsenic ungraded health, harvest rotation, and such,” Mr. Janaiah said.
Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) Chief Operating Officer, N. Rajitha, said women farmers-led 84 Farmer Producer Organisations successful the State are straight boosting incomes done farming and worth addition.
The conclave volition spot the attendance of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Minister for Agriculture T. Nageswara Rao, leaders from Telangana Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Commission, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and others.
