Archive · 6 Oct 2026
PJTAU Scientists to Take Crop Innovations Directly to Telangana Farmers
A Telangana agricultural university wants to help farmers grow a wider range of crops.
Its new programme is called Innovation to Impact.
It is planned to start during the Rabi season and run for two years.
Scientists will work in 12 regional centres.
At each centre, they will support farmers in four villages.
Farmers will receive advice and technologies suited to their local conditions.
The scientists will check how the methods work in the fields.
The project aims to improve harvests and farmers’ earnings.
The university also hopes the work will help make pulses and oilseeds more available.
Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University plans a two-year programme to promote crop diversification and improve farm incomes.
The initiative, called Innovation to Impact, is expected to launch between October 18 and 31, with the state agriculture minister.
It will operate through 12 regional centres, each covering four villages and selecting 20 to 25 farmers per village.
Scientists will provide modern crop varieties and improved cultivation and crop-protection methods, with ongoing field monitoring.
PJTAU plans to seek about Rs 25 crore from the state government and cooperation from research institutions, departments and private partners.
- Who
- Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University, led in the announcement by Vice Chancellor Professor Aldas Janaiah.
- What
- A two-year programme called Innovation to Impact to promote crop diversification and bring improved farming technologies to farmers.
- When
- Planned to begin in the Rabi season, with a launch scheduled between October 18 and 31; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- Across 12 regional centres in Telangana and selected villages served by those centres.
- Why
- To address technology-adoption gaps and yield disparities, improve farm incomes, and promote pulses and oilseeds.
- Programme
- Innovation to Impact
- Duration
- Two years
- Regional centres
- 12
- Villages per centre
- 4
- Farmers per village
- 20 to 25 progressive farmers
- Planned funding request
- Approximately Rs 25 crore from the state government
- Target crops
- Pulses and oilseeds, alongside broader crop diversification