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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed the officials to initiate enactment to alteration Andhra Pradesh into largest earthy farming hub successful the country. At contiguous 1.8 cardinal farmers person travel guardant to signifier earthy farming crossed 2 cardinal acres successful the State, helium said.
Reviewing agriculture and allied sectors connected Tuesday (February 03, 2026), Mr. Naidu stressed the value of providing certification and traceability facilities to guarantee the prime of earthy farming products.
Recalling that Rayalaseema earlier faced terrible h2o scarcity, helium said that the contented had been addressed this twelvemonth done businesslike h2o management, with each reservoirs filled and nary shortage of irrigation water. Officials informed the Chief Minister that commercialized agreements with the U.S. and EU person created much opportunities to summation exports of shrimp, adust chillies, mangoes, rice, and processed foods from the State.
The Chief Minister directed officials to make a Cocoa City implicit 500 acres successful Eluru district, encompassing cultivation, processing, and selling astatine planetary standards. He pointed retired the scope for intercropping successful mango, cocoa, cashew, and coconut plantations and asked officials to promote farmers successful this direction.
He besides directed that companies consenting to instrumentality up large-scale saffron cultivation successful Lambasingi nether the PPP model, with information of section tribal communities, beryllium permitted.
The Chief Minister announced that registration of aquaculture activities would beryllium made mandatory. To fortify the poultry sector, helium instructed that ovum proviso contracts for authorities schools and Anganwadi centres beryllium fixed straight to farmers.
Just arsenic a Flower Festival was organised successful Kuppam, the Chief Minister suggested organising crop-festivals successful assorted regions to beforehand consciousness of antithetic crops and boost tourism.
He noted that utilizing effect covers improved the prime and terms of mangoes and suggested adopting the aforesaid method for guava and pomegranate orchards. He directed officials to acceptable up processing units cluster-wise nether nutrient clusters and to prosecute with companies that person signed MoUs for nutrient processing industries to guarantee aboriginal constitution of units.
The Chief Minister directed that Rythu Bazaars beryllium acceptable up wherever marketplace yards beryllium and that existing Rythu Bazaars beryllium modernised. He gave support for the operation of a angiosperm marketplace successful Vijayawada.
