Village Adoption Programme, Agricultural College, Jagtial, on 06-11-2021
Village Adoption team of Agricultural College, Jagtial has organized an ‘Extension Talk on Crop Diversification’ on 06.11.2021 at Gullapeta village, Jagtial Rural (M). In the programme Dr. G. Seshu, Assistant Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding) briefed about the marketing accessibility and strategies for Greengram, Blackgram, Bengalgram etc… to the farmers by contacting the Chairman of Agricultural Market Chairman, Jagtial. He also gave awareness on adopting Sericulture, Apiculture, Horticulture and Vegetable crops along with the agriculture crops so as to enhance the economical security for better livelihood. Dr. T. Sravan Kumar, Assistant Professor (Agricultural Extension) shared few cases of the farmers adopting crop diversification in nearby villages and encouraged the farmers to cultivate pulse crops alternative to Paddy. Further the farmers had a talk among themselves regarding the shift from mono cropping pattern to diversified cropping pattern. At the end of the talk, few farmers have given their willingness to cultivate pulses during Yasangi. Sri. G.Thirupathi Reddy, Vice-Sarpanch of Gullapeta Village and around 15 farmers actively participated in the extension talk.
