With the Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University allocating 6.26 acres of land from its Agriculture Research Station here, Dr. YSR Horticulture University has approved to set up the Horticulture Research Station and allocated a principal scientist and three supporting staff, besides releasing Rs. However, the research station was shifted to Venkataramannagudem, the headquarters of Dr. YSR Horticulture University in March, 2012, owing to administrative reasons. Though the research station has formally commenced its operations from here, it will be equipped with its own office building and laboratory within two years from now. The centre is going to conduct studies on sweet potato along with the tapiocaAfter a gap of four years, the Horticulture Research Station has come back to Peddapuram for the benefit of the tapioca farmers from the upland region. The Horticulture Department established a research station on tapioca here way back in 1975, encouraging more and more farmers to switch over to tapioca from other conventional crops.

Source: The Hindu July 10, 2016 00:02 UTC