KCR announces Telangana farmers’ Israel junket

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday announced that the state government will be sending thousands of farmers from every village and Mandal to Israel and few other countries to study latest techniques in agriculture, horticulture and drip irrigation. 

The Telangana government is willing to spend Rs 100 crore on this programme, which is being considered as one of the biggest junkets to be sponsored to ensure that the farmers in Telangana become a role model for their counterparts in India by learning smart techniques and equipment being adopted by the Israel government for agriculture scientists.

Speaking to the farmers at Agriculture University on Sunday, KCR said that the farmers from the village, which tops in the successful implementation of Rs 12,000 crore agriculture input distribution scheme, will get priority to fly to Israel. 

With Israel already establishing a Centre of Excellence in agriculture development in Telangana, the farmers are being trained in water management and best farm practices in the third phase of Indo-Israeli Agriculture Cooperation Project.