Alternative crops give more profit with less effort: KTR
Deccan ChronicleSircilla: “Farmers can benefit more by cultivating alternative crops and this would require only less effort in the fields. It is the responsibility of agriculture officials to create awareness among the farmers about cultivation of alternative crops that would also help the state attain self-sufficiency,” IT minister K.T. In Sircilla district alone, around one lakh tonnes of food grains are produced every year,” he said. If farmers do not start cultivating alternative crops like oil seeds and pulses along with others, it would become difficult to procure the food grains from them, he said. ZP chairperson Aruna, NAFSCOB chairman Ravinder Rao, district collector Anurag Jayanti, municipal chairperson Kala, farmer coordination committee Narasaiah, district agriculture officer Ranadheer Reddy and incharge DRO Srinivas Rao were among those present.