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HYDERABAD
Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTAU) has announced “Seed Week 2026” (Vithana Varothsavaalu-2026) celebrations with the taxable of “Quality Seed for Prosperous Farming” from May 23 to 30 to supply entree to high-quality instauration effect to farmers for the coming Kharif season.
According to Vice-Chancellor Aldas Janaiah, the crop-wise effect availability for kharif 2026 would beryllium 12,310.65 quintals of prime instauration seed, which would assistance sum of an estimated 1,49,849 acres by astir 1.5 lakh farmers.
The crop-wise effect to beryllium made disposable is paddy 10,355.65 quintals (for 1,03,556 acres), redgram 666 quintals (22,200 acres), greengram 212 quintals (4,240 acres), blackgram 240 quintals (4,800 acres), maize 350 quintals (4,125 acres), soybean 107 quintals (428 acres), sorghum 120 quintals (4,000 acres), digit millet 30 quintals (2,500 acres), castor 30 quintals (2,000 acres) and sesame 20 quintals (2,000 acres).
The variety-wise effect provided would beryllium — Telangana Sona (RNR 15048), Kunaram Vari-2 (KNM 1638), Siddi (WGL 44) and others of paddy, Telangana Kandi 3 (TDRG 59) and Warangal Kandi 1 (WRGE 97) successful lawsuit of redgram. Other crops similar maize, greengram, blackgram, and soybean would beryllium offered successful fashionable and region-specific varieties.
To facilitate casual entree to farmers, PJTAU has acceptable up aggregate merchantability counters crossed districts, and each antagonistic is managed by cultivation probe stations oregon Krishi Vigyan Kendras, with interaction persons listed for husbandman assistance.
By making a divers scope of seeds available, the assemblage aims to enactment farmers successful achieving amended productivity and profitability during the Kharif 2026 season. Farmers are encouraged to scope retired to the respective merchantability counters oregon sojourn the assemblage website for much accusation and publication effect successful beforehand from May 18.
