The Agriculture Department has stocked excess amount of certified seeds of cereals, pulses and oilseeds for the current kharif season.
The department currently has a stock in excess of 8.25 lakh quintals of seeds against the demand in excess of 7.44 lakh quintals seeds of seed for the kharif season. The total stock is 81,394 quintals in excess of the projected demand.Officials of Agriculture department said that paddy was the most popular of all crops in kharif season in the State.This was followed by maize on second position. The department has stored about 7.12 lakh quintal of different variety of paddy seeds against the demand of 6.60 lakh quintals.
The department currently has stocks of 20,446 quintals of ‘cor’ seed. It has also stocked 2168 quintals of seed of other cereal crops. It has received a demand of 843 quintals of seeds of other cereal crops.The officials informed that among pulses, the maximum acreage is that of Arhar (Tur). This year for Kharif season, the Department has 7337 quintals of ‘Arhar’ seed against the demand of 4892 quintals. For Urad, the Department has arranged 5266 quintals of seed against the demand of 2821 quintals. The lowest demand is of Moong among all pulses, but the Department has stored 2257 quintals of seed. The Department has arranged 14860 quintals of seed for pulses.
They said that among oilseeds, soybean is the most popular crop in the State. This year the Department has stocked 57632 quintals of soybean seed against the demand of 57,000 quintals. Similarly the Department has arranged 422 quintals of Sesame seeds, 211 quintals of Ramtil, 2953 quintals of Groundnut seed and 100 quintals of Sunflower seeds against the demand of 193 quintals, 453 quintals, 1523 quintals and 14 quintals respectively by the farmers. In total, the Department has ensured availability of 61318 quintals of seeds for oilseed crops.