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Stating that the State authorities is taking each measures to guarantee that Telangana farmers radiance astatine the planetary stage, Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said that drones volition soon beryllium provided to women farmers arsenic portion of the workplace mechanisation scheme.
The two-day ‘Mega Farmers’ Mela’ commenced astatine Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) successful Rajendranagar connected Sunday. PJTSAU, Coromandel International Limited, and the State Agriculture section are jointly organising the lawsuit to people International Women’s Day and successful the discourse of the United Nations declaring 2026 arsenic the ‘International Year of Women Farmers’.
Listing the State government’s respective efforts for the betterment of the agriculture sector, Mr. Nageswara Rao said the authorities is encouraging harvest rotation and earthy farming methods and is moving to found lipid thenar industries successful each district.
“We person revived workplace mechanisation with ₹500 crore, and precedence is being fixed to women farmers nether this programme,” helium added.
IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu called upon farmers to usage modern skills and technologies to nutrient capable nutrient grains to conscionable people’s needs. He besides stressed that the state indispensable go self-reliant successful nutrient production.
Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka) appreciated the organisers for mounting up utile stalls for farmers.
ICAR Director General M.L. Jat said Telangana is becoming a exemplary for different States by bringing caller technologies to farmers portion emphasising biology and biodiversity protection.
PJTSAU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Aldas Janaiah cautioned that excessive usage of chemic fertilizers is harming ungraded wellness and causing superior diseases.
During the event, awards were presented to 30 women farmers and six cultivation journalists, including Mallik Babu Basvoju, a elder writer with a vernacular quality channel, for their contributions to the agriculture sector.
Agriculture section Director Gopi, Horticulture Director Yasmeen Basha, Coromandel MD Shankar Subrahmanyam, Vice-President G.V. Subba Reddy, and officials from PJTSAU and ICAR institutions attended the event.
