Cotton might be the essential crop with sowing location of almost 70 lakh acres out of overall 1.forty two crore acres to be cultivated throughout the following Vaanakalam season. While paddy farming might be taken up in approximately forty five lakh acres, the cultivation of purple gram has been proposed to be taken up in round 15 lakh acres.
Agriculture Minister S Nirajan Reddy who reviewed availability of seeds and fertilisers right here on Wednesday, directed the officers to make ok seeds and fertiliser shares to be had for farmers. He said that the authorities changed into geared up to deliver inexperienced manure for approximately sixteen lakh acres to enhance soil fertility. Farmers had been asked now no longer to apply extra chemical fertilisers and urea that may wreck soil fertility, growth expenditure and finally lessen the yield.