Call for new cultivation methods

Eluru: Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao stressed the need for change in conventional cultivation in the State. He called upon the farmers to take up new scientific methods in cultivation.He inaugurated a three-day State-level competition of various breeds of cattle at Dwaraka Tirumala on Thursday. In his inaugural address, the Speaker observed that most of the farmers were still continuing the conventional methods in cultivation.

Country and State will not develop if the agriculture and dairy sectors are not developed,” he said. The Speaker urged the farmers to implement pest management, soil testing and other scientific methods to get higher yield. A radical change in agriculture has to take place for farmer to get higher profits,” he opined. He said that the farmers of two Godavari districts were well-versed with modern agriculture methods.

We used to import food grains and gradually became self-sufficient through green revolution. We need to utilise new technology in agriculture to bail out from current situation.Ongole-breed bulls are very famous and the Brazil imported them to gain income,” he said and suggested the farmers to raise the cattle besides farming, for higher income.

Gopalapuram MLA Muppidi Venkateswara Rao presided over the programme. Rajamahendravaram MP Maganti Murali Mohan, Rajya Sabha Member Thota Sitaramalakshmi, government Whip Chintamaneni Prabhakar, Animal Husbandry joint director Gnaneswara Rao and others participated in the programme.