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A two-day farmers’ grooming programme connected harvest diversification concluded connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026) astatine Kotamkonda colony of Rudravaram mandal and Yallur colony of Gospadu mandal successful the district. The grooming programme was held to make consciousness connected sustainable and climate-resilient cultivation practices.
During the programme, the farmers were sensitised connected the value of harvest diversification successful the contiguous clime alteration script and the request to trim dependency connected water-intensive atom cultivation. The participants were informed astir suitable alternate crops to rice, peculiarly pulses and oilseed crops, which necessitate comparatively little h2o and are much suitable nether rainfed and moisture accent conditions.
The farmers were besides educated connected the benefits of greenish manuring for betterment of ungraded fertility and ungraded health, ungraded test-based fertilizer exertion for balanced nutrient management, harvest rotation practices for sustaining ungraded productivity and reducing pest and illness incidence, and Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) arsenic an alternate attack for sustainable harvest production, enhanced assets utilisation, and higher profitability.
In presumption of the imaginable occurrence of El Niño conditions and the anticipated h2o scarcity, the farmers were advised to follow little water-requiring crops and climate-resilient farming practices to minimise accumulation risks and guarantee sustainable livelihoods.
The programme witnessed progressive information and enactment from the farmers, and applicable suggestions were provided based connected section farming situations and assets availability.
In this programme, Dr. M. Johnson, Associate Director of Research, RARS, Nandyal, Dr. B. Sahadeva Reddy, Principal Scientist and Project Investigator, RARS, Maruteru, Dr. K. Ashok Kumar, Principal Scientist (Agronomy), RARS, Nandyal, agriculture section officials and farmers participated.
