FARMERS ADVISED TO SHIFT TO LOW-WATER CROPS AMID EL NINO: MINISTER TUMMALA
Hyderabad, July 14 (RAHNUMA): Telangana Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Tuesday urged farmers to prepare crop plans keeping El Niño conditions in mind, warning that below-normal rainfall could reduce water availability in the Krishna and Godavari river basins. Participating in the ‘Rythu Nestham’ programme, the Minister said Telangana, Maharashtra and Karnataka had received deficient […]
El Nino: Agriculture Minister calls for advance contingency planning in rain-deficient districts
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) As the El Nino threat looms, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday stressed the need for advance contingency planning in rain-deficient districts, while also pushing for increased acreage under cotton and pulses. In a high-level weekly agriculture review meeting with senior officials held at Krishi Bhawan here, a […]
