TN to encourage hybrid grape cultivation among farmers

Tamil Nadu government is looking at ways to encourage farmers to cultivate hybrid varieties of grapes, which have good demand in overseas markets.
"Through our Grapes Research Centre, we have been trying to find ways and means for cultivating hybrid grapes and encourage farmers in it," Agriculture Minister S Damodaran told the state Assembly.
He was replying to Andipatti MLA Thangatamilselvan (AIADMK), who requested the government to look into ways for better grapes cultivation and sought more subsidy.
The move aims to help farmers involved in grapes cultivation in the state to generate higher income.
While farmers in Madurai and Theni districts were getting low profits, farmers in Maharashtra were yielding good returns, because they were cultivating hybrid varieties, added Damodaran.