NITI Aayog member advocates higher water use efficiency in Telangana
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Calls for shift in focus of research towards oilseeds, pulses, millets
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Calls for shift in focus of research towards oilseeds, pulses, millets
NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand has advocated adoption of water-saving and improved irrigation practices and technology to increase water use efficiency in Telangana as the State government has been investing heavily in irrigation sector.
“The potential created must be optimally utilised with the benefit reaching as many farmers as possible. At present, the cropping intensity in irrigated areas is only 158% and the agricultural university has a larger role to play here to develop crop sequences and package of technology to raise the cropping intensity to beyond 180%,” Mr. Chand said at the virtual fifth convocation of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University on Saturday.
Agri university mulls offering short term certificate course in drone operation
Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), which has already been tasked to prepare training programmes for farmers to be imparted through Rythu Vedikas, is planning to get the manpower ready for operating drones to be used plant protection measures by introducing a short-term certificate course in this regard.
The university administration is in talks with the GMR Aviation Academy and is planning enter into a memorandum of understating with the latter for introducing the certificate course in the university. Practical training classes as part of the certificate course are likely to be handled provided by the academy with the help of simulators.
April 03, 2021
The university will measure the impact of spraying on various parts of the plant×
Telangana agri university to study drone spraying effect, build SOPs
Getting ready for a new-age agriculture where technology and IT solutions will play a major role, Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University will begin experimenting with drone spraying of pesticides and fertilisers.
Beginning the upcoming kharif season, the university will measure the impact of such spraying on various parts of a plant and collect data.
Operating procedures
“We will pin litmus paper-like material to the leaves at different levels of the plant. We can count the intensity of the spray by measuring the number of droplets. Different crops require different doses of pesticide sprays, and at different levels of the plant,” V Praveen Rao, Vice-Chancellor, told
Agriculture Hub launches its Incubation program; inks Mou with two Agritech Startups
Hyderabad, Mar 8 (UNI) : AgHub, the Innovation Hub at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) on Monday announced the launching of its incubation program in line with its focus of creating agri-innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem across the State of Telangana and country. As part of the launch, AgHub entered into MoUs with two startups ETGarage and Terracent Materials in the presence of AgHub Chairperson and PJTSAU Vice-Chancellor Dr. V. Praveen Rao, the University said in a release here.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Praveen pointed that Agritech startups have a great opportunity to bring about the desired change at the grassroots level and emphasized that “the startup ecosystem is the need of the hour and leveraging the same has become much easier with the support of the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and Minister of IT K T Rama Rao”.
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