'Oil palm cultivation will help farmers'

Telangana State Cooperative #Oil Growers Federation chairman Kancherla Ramakrishna Reddy on Friday said the cultivation of oil #palm would help farmers get more income than any other crop. Launching the planting of oil palm in a farm at Cheemala Kondur of Bhongir mandal in the district, he said #farmers need to switch over to profit-making cultivation from traditional methods of cultivation of crops. It had become a practice for farmers to take up cultivation of paddy if an irrigation facility was available, otherwise resort to cotton cultivation. Farmers should adopt modern cultivation methods that give more income. He said the State government had decided to encourage farmers to take up the cultivation of oil palm to improve their income.

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