Agri Minister asks officials to encourage onion cultivation

Hyderabad | Monday | 9th December, 2019

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A+ A-Hyderabad: Keeping the souring prices of onions in the State in mind, the Agriculture Minister of the State S Niranjan Reddy today instructed officials concerned to encourage onion cultivation and vegetables in summer through subsidy in pandals. The minister also asked the officials to give subsidy for vegetables cultivation and alternative crops to benefit farmers. At a review meeting, the minister said that the farmers must grow vegetables in Summer season and get benefits. He further asked the officials to create awareness on use of urea and fertilizers for crops. The minister asked the officials to see that green gram crops grown besides awareness on kitchen gardens..