"The state has set a target to produce 172.08 lakh tonnes of foodgrains in 2016-17 as against 136.73 lakh tonnes in 2015-16," Agriculture Minister Prattipati Pulla Rao said.
The oil seeds production target in 2016-17 has been set at 9.21 lakh tonnes, he said.
Rao also announced the State Agricultural Plan for the current financial year.
In view of good demand for seeds, various government agencies have already procured 8.84 lakh tonnes of seeds which would be distributed among the farmers at 50 per cent subsidy, an official release quoted the Minister as saying.
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