Minister for Agriculture Pocharam Srinivas Reddy said that the Telangana Government was focussed on leveraging technology to improve productivity, especially of fruits and vegetables and it was in this direction that things were moving, with strides being made in promoting poly-culture.
Having ushered in poly-culture on an area of 115.66 acres belonging to 71 beneficiaries in Ranga Reddy, Medak, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal districts in the fiscal 2014-15 at a cost of Rs. 31.28 crore, he said Government had set for itself, a target of covering anywhere between 800 to 1,000 acres in the year 2015-16.
An Addressing an impressive gathering of farmers at a Horticulture Mela he said that considering the unseasonal conditions and the vagaries of nature, adopting new technologies was the need of the hour , he explained.
Source : The Hindu
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