The Government is proposing to increase the cultivation
of maize, soya bean and pulses in the coming kharif and reduce the
cotton area in view of the likely fall in cotton prices globally this
year, according to Agriculture Minister P. Srinivas Reddy here.
A
total of 45.49 lakh hectares would have these three alternative crops
and others including 6.14 lakh hectares of maize, 5.02 lakh hectares of
soya bean and 4.85 lakh hectares of red gram.
The
cotton crop area cultivation too was being reduced 10.64 lakh hectares
with the Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, too advising the same.
Giving
details of the salient features of the various schemes being
implemented during this crop season (2016-17), the Minister said here on
Wednesday that it was proposed to supply 8.49 lakh quintals of seed,
including 5.69 lakh quintals during the kharif and 2.80 lakh quintals
during rabi.
For strengthening the seed chain an
amount of Rs.400 crore was being spent. Seed village programmes were
being taken up on 24,390 hectares while the Telangana State Seed
Development Corporation (TSSDC) was planning to produce eight lakh
quintals of seed of various varieties through farmers. Development of 10
seed storage godown-cum-processing units was also being taken up, said
Mr. Reddy.
As far as fertilizer was concerned, it was
proposed to supply 17.30 lakh metric tonnes during kharif and 12.25
lakh metric tonnes of various varieties during rabi. Markfed had been
appointed nodal agency for storing three lakh metric tonnes of
fertilizers.
Source : The Hindu
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