Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Telangana Agricultural University Plans Weather-Ready Crop Diversification Pilot Project
A university in Telangana is planning a project to help farmers grow crops suited to changing weather.
It is scheduled to begin in the coming Rabi growing season.
The project will first focus on pulses and oilseeds.
It will work through 12 regional research centres.
Four villages near each centre will be chosen.
About 25 experienced farmers in each village will be invited to take part.
The farmers will be offered improved farming methods suited to their needs.
The university also plans to ask the state government for about Rs 25 crore to support the programme.
Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University plans a pilot project for the coming Rabi season.
The Innovation to Impact programme aims to promote diversification, narrow technology and yield gaps, and raise farmers’ incomes.
It will initially focus on pulse and oilseed crops across 12 regional agriculture research centres.
Four villages in each centre’s jurisdiction will be selected, with about 25 progressive farmers per village invited to participate.
Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao is expected to launch the project in the second half of the month; the university will seek about Rs 25 crore from the state government.
- Who
- Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University, participating farmers, and Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao.
- What
- A pilot programme to promote weather-ready crop diversification, initially focusing on pulses and oilseeds.
- When
- Planned for the coming Rabi crop season, with a launch in the second half of the month.
- Where
- At 12 regional agriculture research centres in Telangana and four villages within each centre’s jurisdiction.
- Why
- To address changing climatic conditions, reduce technology and yield gaps, diversify crops, and increase farmers’ incomes.
- Programme
- Innovation to Impact
- Initial crop focus
- Pulses and oilseeds
- Research centres
- 12
- Villages per centre
- Four
- Farmers invited per village
- About 25 progressive farmers
- Proposed state funding request
- Around Rs 25 crore
- Planned launch
- Second half of the month, as part of the Khet Bachao programme