Farmers have rolled up their sleeves and expedited the sowing of crops across the State Telangana, despite the Covid-19 pandemic gripping the nation. With an active monsoon, farm operations have been taken up in 85 percent of the normal cultivating area of about 1.03 crore acres for the Vaanakalam 2020 season, even as paddy nurseries are being raised under assured irrigation sources. The officials attributed the huge growth in the sown area to an increased availability of water resources apart from the Rythu Bandhu incentive, free power supply and other incentives being provided by the State government. 

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The agriculture department authorities said, "Farmers took up agricultural activities as per the regulated farming proposed by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. As a result, cotton became the major crop exceeding the normal cultivating area and registering 121 percent growth in the sown area. A similar phenomenon can be witnessed in terms of pulses and coarse grains.”  Meanwhile, paddy cultivation has picked up a great pace. As against the normal sown area of 27.25 lakh acres during the Vaanakalam season, paddy cultivation has been taken up in about 16.55 lakh acres already. 

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Officials said the paddy nurseries were being raised under assured irrigation sources and transplantation will be in full swing during the next two weeks. They said all arrangements have been made to keep the required quantities of various crop seeds and fertilizers available to the farmers during the monsoon season.

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