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Tamil Nadu, done assorted initiatives, has succeeded successful arresting the decline successful cultivable land caused by clime alteration and earthy calamities, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam said successful the Assembly connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026).
“During 2024-25, the double-cropped country accrued to 13.99 lakh hectares. This is an summation of astir 2 lakh hectares compared to 2019-20,” helium said portion presenting the Interim Agriculture Budget for 2026-27, with an outlay of ₹47,248.24 crore, successful the Assembly.
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He said the State government’s absorption connected agriculture was evident from the dependable emergence successful allocations — from ₹34,220 crore successful 2021-22 to ₹45,661 crore successful 20250-26, an summation of implicit ₹11,000 crore.
“In the Interim Budget for 2026-27, an magnitude of ₹47,248.24 crore has been allocated to the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, and farmers’ payment schemes volition proceed to beryllium implemented,” Mr. Panneerselvam said.
The mean Gross State Value Added (GSVA) successful agriculture, the Minister said, had risen from 1.36% during 2012-13 to 2020-21 to 3.03% during 2021-22 to 2024-25. The GSVA astatine changeless (2011-12) prices accrued by astir 9.97% to ₹59,11,708 lakh successful 2024-25 from ₹53,75,639 lakh.
He said each strategy of the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, aimed astatine expanding farmers’ income, enhancing accumulation and productivity, ensuring nutrient and nutrition security, and promoting sustainable cultivation development, was being implemented systematically.
Promotion of agroforestry
Highlighting the government’s committedness to expanding histrion and wood screen to 33% successful Tamil Nadu, helium said agroforestry was being promoted extensively nether the Green Tamil Nadu Mission to grow greenish screen extracurricular forests, amended the clime resilience of cultivation lands, and augment farmers’ income.
A full of 3.24 crore saplings were produced and distributed implicit the past 5 years, and 2.24 lakh acres person been brought nether agroforestry. The Tamil Nadu Rosewood Trees (Conservation) Act, 1994, has not been extended beyond February 13, 2025, successful bid to promote the cultivation of rosewood trees.
In addition, guidelines for culling chaotic boars person been formulated and are successful unit to support crops from harm caused by chaotic animals.
The government, helium said, has taken efforts to amended h2o and onshore resources successful agrarian areas. Over the past 5 years, 68,930 accepted waterbodies person been renovated; 1 lakh proviso and irrigation canals desilted; 29,800 cheque dams constructed; 31,325 groundwater recharge systems established; and 83,015 planting works undertaken, involving 2.78 crore saplings.
