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Andhra CM Naidu Directs Officials to Shield Farmers from El Nino, Control Prices
- •Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to protect farmers from El Nino and control essential commodity prices.
- •During a teleconference, Naidu emphasized that El Nino affects all sectors and called for the implementation of advance plans.
- •He specifically instructed officials to keep prices of rice, onions, and palmolein under control, releasing rice stocks to stabilize the market.
- •Naidu suggested procuring onions from various places and encouraged future onion cultivation based on market demand.
- •The CM also advocated for cultivating crops based on market demand, promoting 'kitchen gardens' with self-help groups, and treating El Nino as a challenge requiring collaborative effort.
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Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to protect farmers from the impacts of El Nino, ensure crop insurance compensates for losses, and implement advance plans to keep essential commodity prices like rice, onions, and palmolein under control.
To rein in prices, the government has been releasing stored rice stocks from warehouses into the market and procuring onions from various locations. Additionally, the CM called for encouraging kitchen gardens through self-help groups to help keep vegetable prices stable.
El Nino is a natural climate pattern where sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become significantly warmer than average. This phenomenon causes equatorial Pacific anomalies, leading to severe rainfall deficits and widespread dry spells across regions like Andhra Pradesh.
