The government of Andhra Pradesh is according top priority to agriculture and wants private investors to pitch-in to make it a profitable sector. Agriculture Minister Prathipati Pulla Rao enlightened that the state is a suitable place for private investments in agriculture and allied sectors as it has got sufficient land, water and other resources for development.
In order to educate the farmers on pest and cost control and to get high agricultural yield with less investment, the state government had signed an agreement with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) for its suggestions.
The state government expects the companies involved in agriculture sector to adopt 5,000 to 25,000 acre of land for developing it by using latest technologies.