Zonal Research & Extension advisory Council meet of CTZ at RARS, Warangal on 16th& 17th March, 2022

Zonal Research and Extension Council Meeting of Central Telangana Zone was held on 16th & 17th March, 2022 at Balavikasa, Kazipet, Warangal under the Chairmanship of Dr. R. Jagadeeshwar, Director of Research, PJTSAU, Hyderabad. In this programme, Honorable Dr. V. Praveen Rao, Vice Chancellor, PJTSAU and Dr. B. Gopi, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate, Warangal attended as chief guests and Dr. V. Sudha Rani, Director of Extension, PJTSAU, Hyderabad, Sri. Singha Reddy, DDA, Commissioner representative, Government of Telangana, Smt. E. Lalitha Yadav, RSS Coordinator, Smt. D. Usha, DAO, Hanamkonda and Warangal, Sri. G. Somi Reddy, REAC member, attended as guests of honour. Dr. K. Rumini Devi, Principal Scientist (Pulses) & Head, ARS, Madhira and Dr. J. Hemanth Kumar, Programme Coordinator, KVK, Wyra welcomed the dignitaries on the dias and extended the warm welcome to Associate Director of Research, RARS, Warangal, Associate Dean, Agriculture college, Warangal, District Agricultural officers of Warangal, Hanamkonda, Mahabubabad, Jangoan, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Kothagudem, Khammam, Medak, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Assistant Director of Agriculture, Assistant Director of Horticulture, other line Department Officials, Principal Scientists, Scientists of CTZ, Farmers, Print and Electronic media etc. At the outset Director of Research, PJTSAU, welcomed all the dignitaries and participants of ZREAC meeting and apprised about the importance of ZREAC meeting in which, work done report of Research and Extension, 2021-22 was discussed and technical programme for 2022-23 was finalized. In this programme, Associate Director of Research, RARS, Warangal presented research highlights of Central Telangana Zone, Programme Coordinator, KVK, Malyal presented extension highlights of Central Telangana Zone and ARS, Tornala, Head presented the action taken report of previous ZREAC, 2021-22. Further in the programme, six special topics identified by Director of Research were presented by principal scientist’s viz., 1. Conservation Agriculture, 2. Illegal cultivation of HT cotton and its impact on Agril. Ecosystem, 3. Role of millets in doubling farmers’ income and sustainable development of Telangana, 4. Invasive pest, Thrips parvispinus threat to certain crops and way forward, 5. Over view on die back in neem and its integrated management, 6. Usage of drones in agriculture and future prospects. Feedback session was organized to prepare contingency crop planning of the zone followed by formed committees constituting Principal scientist, Scientists, Department of Agriculture and farmers for exploring all the crop related research and extension gaps and the deliberation were presented by conveners of the committee.