Hyderabad, May 8 -- While assuring the farmers that the state government will procure paddy, maize and sorghum produced by the farmers, Telangana Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has exhorted the farmers in the state to diversify their crops and cultivate oil palms, which according to him, could yield higher profits.

Tummala addressed the farmers at the 'Farmers' Week' being organised by the state government across the state as part of the 'Praja Palana- Pragathi Pranalika' 99 days action plan on Friday, May 8, at a Mega Farmers' Fair.

Speaking on the occasion, he assured that the state government would provide subsidies for oil palm cultivation and procure the produce at a fixed price determined by the state government.

He n...