Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana yesterday directed the officials to see that seeds and fertilisers are available to farmers in adequate quantity during the upcoming rabi season.
The Minister, who held a review on the status of ongoing kharif season and the preparedness for rabi, told the officials to be prepared to help the farmers as the State is having bountiful of rains after a gap of about four years, an official release said.
He was told the ongoing strike by agriculture employees in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions against the proposed division of the State may impact the department's functioning.
Lakshminarayana asked the senior officials to speak to the employees to see that farmers are not put to inconvenience and also to make alternative arrangements in farmer interest, the release said.
Lakshminarayana told the officials to make groundnut seeds available for farmers by September 20 in Mahabubnagar and Warangal districts as the rabi season starts in advance there.
The Minister also reviewed the arrangements for the World Agriculture Congress to be held in Hyderabad in November, the release added.
