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Telangana set to clock one crore tonnes of paddy output this rabi
March 12, 2021
But, uncertainty looms large on procurement
As the total cropped area increased significantly, Telangana is all set to see a record output of over one crore tonnes of paddy in the rabi season.
For the 2020-21 agricultural season, the total paddy output would be 2.5 crore tonnes as kharif, too, saw a significant increase in area.
In the rabi season, the paddy area went up to 52 lakh acres, going up by one-and-half times the normal area of 22 lakh acres. “This could yield about one crore tonnes, taking the total output in the two seasons to 2.5 crore tonnes. At 52 lakh acres, the State tops in paddy area in the season,” B Janardhan Reddy, Secretary (Agriculture), Government of Telangana, told
Seed makers worry over illegal Bt cotton usage
February 26, 2021
Bt-3, the third generation bio-technology product gives the cotton plant ability to withstand herbicide sprays - S HARPALSINGH
Bt-3, the third generation bio-technology product gives the cotton plant ability to withstand herbicide sprays - S HARPALSINGH×
Fear unauthorised Bt-3 cultivation may increase 10-15% during next kharif season
Fears over farmers cultivating unauthorised and illegal genetically-modified cottonseed called Bollgard-III or ‘Bt-3’, haunts the seed industry and farmers leaders as cottonseed units gear up for the Kharif season starting June.
Industry sources said that the illegal seeds could comprise 10-15 per cent of the total cottonseed area in the country during the next kharif. “It was a bit lower last year but on good demand, they might swarm the market with huge volumes,” a top executive of a seed company, on the condition of anonymity, told