Regional Sugarcane and Rice Research Station at Rudrur in Banswada Assembly constituency is on the path of regaining its past glory with four premier institutions functioning at one place.
It is being revamped after the launch of Government Agriculture Polytechnic College and Food Science Technology. Krishi Vignana Kendram (KVS) attached to the research station is also on the premises providing training to farmers in cultivable methods. “All four are at one place on the sprawling 300-acre land and all the research work on various crop varieties is going on well,” said Principal Scientist (Agronomy) and Head, B. Joseph.
Established in the year 1932 by the last Nizam of the Hyderabad State, Mir Osman Ali Khan, to conduct research on sugarcane to develop high yielding varieties, the station subsequently took up research on other crops also. The basic idea behind the establishment of the station was water being available with the construction of the Nizam Sagar Project.
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During the course of eight decades, the station had seen several ups and downs while carrying out research work. Scientists here developed several varieties of paddy and also sugarcane that was sent to the local Nizam Sugar Factory at Bodhan. But later, for reasons best known to the rulers, the research station was somewhat neglected.
As of now, as many as ten agriculture scientists on regular basis and five research assistants are doing research at the station affiliated to Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University. “We need at least 10 more scientists to carry out the research work in full swing,” said Prof. Joseph.