A delegation led by Minister for Agriculture Minister S. Niranjan Reddy visited grape and guava orchards and interacted with horticulture officials and farmers in Shirdi area of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra on Friday as part of visit to other States to study agriculture, horticulture and industries based on them and food processing units to encourage farmers back home to go for crop diversification.
Along with the Minister, legislators Balka Suman, Gandra Venkatramana Reddy, Peddi Sudershan Reddy and Ala Venkateshwar Reddy Director of Horticulture L. Venkatrami Reddy, Joint Director Sarojini Devi and others visited the orchards and interacted with farmers and Maharashtra official during the visit. In earlier visits, delegations from the State led by Mr. Niranjan Reddy visited Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The Telangana delegation enquired about the details of rainfall, crops cultivated, irrigation facilities and agricultural marketing facility in Shirdi and Ahmednagar areas. The Minister stated that they would also visit Jalna area to study agriculture and horticulture crops being cultivated there and the industries established based on such produce for value addition.
