Agri. varsity for bridging academics-industry gap

Hyderabad | Wednesday | 13th December, 2017

Summary:

“We have released 15 climate-smart and high-yielding varieties/hybrids in nine major crops and they are so successful that the farming community in most parts of Telangana, A.P. They are also made to learn about entrepreneurship, project report making, raising a crop and knowing work culture of the industry. Water consumptionHe explained that paddy cultivation consumes over 62% water utilised by the farming community and that 70% of it is wasted either with percolation or with drainage. The new varieties released by the university belong to paddy, greengram, blackgram, redgram, maize, castor, bajra, sesamum and a fodder crop. Established on September 3, in 2014 with the division of Acharya N.G..