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Telangana
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Markets, TelanganaLockdown rumours and their effect on Telangana labourersFearing another Covid-19 lockdown, migrant farm labourers have been leaving the chilli-growing areas of Telangana's Bhadradri district for their hometowns during the harvest.
- Inputs & crop science, TelanganaHyderabad: Agriculture Minister lays foundation for tissue culture labTelangana agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy laid the foundation for a Rs 4.2 crore public sector tissue culture lab at Jeedimetla to supply plants to farmers.
- Soil, water & climate, TelanganaFrom waste to wealth: the story of Hyderabad’s Bowenpally marketHyderabad's Bowenpally vegetable market turns about 10 tonnes of daily waste into biogas and electricity that powers its street lights, shops and a cold storage unit.
- Precision & digital, TelanganaNasscom launched ‘Innovation Factory’ to encourage AI in agricultureNasscom and the Telangana AI Mission have started an Innovation Factory contest inviting startups to apply AI to farm problems such as precision farming and price discovery.
- Policy & trade, Telangana59.26 lakh farmers benefited from Rythu Bandhu schemeTelangana Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said the state has spent Rs 35,676 crore on Rythu Bandhu, and 47,168 families of deceased farmers received Rs 2,358.15 crore under Rythu Bima.
- Policy & trade, TelanganaTelangana to release the due amount of pending arrears to dairy farmersTelangana will release about Rs 65 crore in pending arrears of its Rs 4 a litre incentive to around 60,000 dairy farmers after March 18, minister KT Rama Rao said.
- Policy & trade, IndiaNCDC releases Rs 20,000 crore to 3 states for kharif procurement; declares notable increase in MSPNCDC sanctioned Rs 19,444 crore to Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Telangana as a first instalment for kharif paddy procurement under MSP operations.