Telangana agriculture department draws plan to increase cultivation

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The stateagriculture departmenthas stated that this rainy season an additional 28 lakh acres will be brought under cultivation. According to the plan of the department, a total of 1.62 crore acres will be brought under cultivation as against 1.34 crore acres last season.

The department has made it clear there is no need to follow regulated farming formula this time around aspaddy cultivationshould be brought down. According to the plan, thecultivation of cottonandred gramwill increase.

Paddy is generally the highest grown crop in the state

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during the rainy season and instructions were given to seed companies to supply BT seeds from June second week onwards.
The Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department also suggested reducing paddy cultivation by 5 lakh acres compared to last years 53 lakh acres.

The plan aims to increase red gram cultivation by 13 lakh acres, thereby ensuring it is cultivated in 24 lakh acres as against 11 lakh acres grown last year. Maize, grown in 2.25 lakh acres last year, would be maintained at the around the same level at 2.29 lakh acres this year.