Gujarat Krishi Mahotsav:Gujarat on top in producing best quality seeds
Chief Minister talks with farmers
through video conference:The state has enough stock of quality seeds for Kharif crops: CM
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Talking
with the farmers through video conference as a part
of Krishi Mahotsav today
Chief Minister
Narendra Modi said that State government has taken enough care
to provide
for the requirement
of 5.25 lakh quintal of seeds for Kharif crops. “The state government
has kept a stock of 50,000 quintal of quality seeds over and above
the requirement”, he said.
Mentioning the state government’s efforts for making
farmers aware about the uncertified seeds he said that state’s forensic science
lab carry out DNA fingerprint test
to examine the quality of seeds. The state
government has set
up 11 tissue-culture lab, he said.
The use of sub-standard seeds spoils the entire year of farming. Considering
this the state government
has focused on the production
and supply of
the certified
quality
seeds. The four agricultural
universities carry out research
on best quality seeds for the different crops as per eight agro-climatic zones.
The farmers from
all corners of India come to Gujarat
for buying of best quality seeds. Gujarat is
on top for producing
the best quality seeds of cotton,
castor and
millet, he said.
In order to produce and provide best quality seeds to farmers the
state government
has come up with seed village scheme. Under this
scheme, Gujarat has covered the crops like cotton, groundnut and castor too, which are not included in the Centre’s
scheme, he said.
The ‘Gurabini’ brand of the state government has become popular. The
immunity in
the improved
strain of
date, cumin and castor
has increased
greatly, he said.
During the talk, the Chief Minister enumerated examples of
the progressive
farmers who earn high income
by making new experiments and using best quality seeds.
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