Anantapur-based FPO among six organisations representing country at Dubai Expo
The Hindu
‘We will explain methodology followed by farmers in growing millets organically in district’
The Hampapuram-based Anantha Aadarana Millets Farmer Producer Organisation(FPO) is one of the six organisations selected by the Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) and The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to represent the country at the Dubai Expo from February 17 to 19.
The only representatives from the State, M. Ramakrishna and Y. Gangireddy, from the Anantapur-based FPO left for Dubai on Tuesday.
Mr. Ramakrishna said that their FPO supported 500 member-farmers to improve the quality of production, value addition, and is looking forward to tying up with larger firms for marketing.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.