Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Shri Ravindra Choubey reviewed the status of storage and off-loading of seeds and fertilizers in the district by taking a joint meeting of the officers of Agriculture, Cooperative and Seed Corporation at New-Circuit House in Bemetara today. He directed the officers to keep a close watch on the condition of storage and distribution of seeds and fertilizers in cooperative societies and private sectors and also directed the officers to pay special attention to its quality. He said that farmers should not have to wander for fertilizers and seeds, it should be ensured at any cost. In the meeting, the officials of the Agriculture Department told that the demand for Swarna and Mahamaya paddy seeds is coming by the farmers. The Minister directed to provide the above seeds to the farmers in coordination with the officers of the Seed Corporation. It was informed in the meeting that the target of distribution of 52,300 metric tonnes of fertilizers is through the service cooperative societies of the district in the Kharif season 2022. Deputy Director Agriculture informed that against which Urea 19,903 Metric Tonne, DAP 9876 Metric Tonne, Potash 2508 Metric Tonne, Superphosphate 3074 Metric Tonne and NPK 7 Metric Tonne, thus total 35368 Metric Tonne of fertilizer has been stored in the societies. Against which farmers have so far lifted Urea 16,462 Metric Ton, DAP 8994 Metric Ton, Potash 1759 Metric Ton, Superphosphate 2549 Metric Ton and NPK 1 Metric Tonne, thus totaling 29,765 Metric Tonne of fertilizer has been lifted. Similarly, the target of distributing 37,735 quintals of seeds to the district is for Kharif season 2022. Paddy 21,288.90 quintals, Kodo 129.76 quintals, Arhar 115.96 quintals, Soyabean 495.90 quintals and Sun-Dhencha 6.90 quintals. Thus, a total of 22,037.42 quintals of seed has been stored, against which so far, 17,774 quintals of paddy, Kodo 7.53 quintals have been stored in the district. Arhar 51.48 quintals, soybean 396.30 quintals and Sun-Dhencha 6.90 quintals thus a total of 17,836.21 quintals of seed have been lifted. On this occasion, public representatives Mr. Banshi Patel, Collector Mr. Vilas Bhoskar Sandipan, Superintendent of Police Mr. Dharmendra Singh, District Panchayat CEO Mrs. Leena Mandavi, Additional Collector Dr. Anil Bajpai and district level officers were present. Like this:Like Loading… Continue Reading