Telangana CM Pushes For Mechanisation In Farming

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao - Sakshi Post

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today favoured promotion of farm mechanisation and setting up food processing units in the state.

The Agriculture Extension Officers (AEO) should play a key role in promoting farm mechanisation and establishing crop colonies and food processing units, he said.

Rao, who held a meeting with officials, said the AEOs (appointed for a cluster of 5,000 acres) should have detailed information on all the farmers in their respective cluster.

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The information on all the clusters should be available with the Agriculture Minister, Rao said,according to a release from his office.

The Chief Minister will have a meeting with AEOs, district agriculture officers and others in Hyderabad on June 4 to discuss different issues concerning agriculture.

The AEOs should educate the farmers in his cluster on the cropping pattern and about the best crop that suits the soil etc. The AEO should also coordinate the marketing facility on the farmers produce both within the state and outside the state in the neighbouring states, Rao said. (PTI)


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