Sowing by farmers had been completed in 26 lakh hectares of land so far against a target of 48.20 lakh hectares during the ongoing Kharif season in Chhattisgarh.
The sowing for food grains, pulses and oilseeds crops had already been completed.
Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal informed that last year sowing was conducted on around 48 lakh hectares of land during the Kharif season.He said that the Government has targetted to provide 9.18 lakh quintals of seeds of food grains, oilseeds and pulses crops of the hybrid variety.
A total of 8.42 lakh quintals of seeds had been stored in various warehouses out of which 6.88 lakh quintals of seeds had already been picked up by farmers, the Minister informed.
During 2017, 8.73 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizers were provided to farmers. looking at the fertilizer consumption last year, the State government had sent an enhanced fertilizer demand proposal to the Central Government, Agrawal said.
The Central Government this year had agreed to provide 10.70 metric tonnes of fertilizers, he said.
Till now, storage of 8 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizers had been completed in Chhattisgarh, Agrawal said.
Out of 8 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizers, 5 lakh tonnes of fertilizers had already been picked up by the farmers, he said.