Additional Chief Secretary and Agriculture Production Commissioner KDP Rao reviewed the demand, availability and storage of seeds, fertilizers and agricultural equipments to be distributed to farmers for upcoming kharif season in Mantralaya (Mahanadi Bhavan) on Tuesday.
He directed all the officials concerned to stay in regular contact with district collectors and field officers to coordinate and ensure availability of advanced seeds and fertilizers as per the demand, according to a government communiqué.
In the review meeting, Seed Development Corporation officials informed that against the demand of 8 lakh 50 thousand 550 quintals of seeds in the state, 4 lakh 37 thousand 725 quintals of advanced variety of seeds have been stocked in various districts. Out of which the cooperative societies have distributed 77 thousand 817 quintals, department and other organisations have distributed 5133 quintals of seeds. In total, 82 thousand 946 quintals of advanced variety of seeds have been distributed.
In the meeting, director agriculture, managing director Seed and Agricultural Development Corporation, managing director of Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Marketing Federation, and managing director APEX bank were given instructions to ensure stock availability of advanced seeds and fertilizers as per the demands in their respective areas and to distribute the same by holding camps.
They were also instructed to provide contemporary technical advice regarding proper use of seeds and fertilizers.
The meeting was attended by Director Agriculture Bheem Singh, Managing Director Seed Corporation Janmjay Mahobe, Managing Director Apex bank HK Nagdev, General Manager MarkFed ML Sirdar, and Additional Director, Directorate of Agriculture MS Kerketta.