Farmers opt for cotton cultivation than paddy

KADAPA: There has been a significant rise in the cultivation of cotton in the district with more farmers opting for cotton due to lack of the right remunerative price for paddy.
Farmers have turned to cotton cultivation in view of the market price of cotton that has increased last year. One acre of cotton crop can fetch a farmer upto `30,000 to `40,000 per acre.The agriculture department has estimated that cotton would be cultivated along 11,165 hectares during this Kharif season. However, going beyond their expectations, farmers have taken up cotton cultivation along 26,152 hectares.