Supply of New Varieties of Seeds to Farmers

Supply of New Varieties of Seeds to Farmers

To ensure seedS & fertilizers availability to farmers on time the following actionS are taken by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW):-

• In the beginning of crop, season seed requirement and source wise availability of seedS is assessed through the state Agriculture Department.

• As per the requirement, district wise and source wise seed distribution target is fixed and this is monitored at state and central levels through regular meetings/reviews.

• To make available chemical fertilizers (Urea, DAP, MOP & NPK) to farmers on time, the following arrangements have been made by Department of Fertilizers:

• The month-wise demand is assessed and projected by the Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare (DAC &FW) in consultation with the State Governments before commencement of current cropping season.

• On the basis of month-wise & state-wise projection given by DAC&FW, Department of Fertilizers allocates sufficient/adequate quantities of fertilizers to States by issuing monthly supply plan and continuously monitoring the availability through following system:

(i) The movement of all major subsidized fertilizers is being monitored throughout the country by an on-line web based monitoring system (www.urvarak.co.in) also called as Fertilizer Monitoring System (FMS).

(ii) The State Governments are regularly advised to coordinate with manufacturers and importers of fertilizers for streamlining the supplies through timely placement of indents for railway rakes through their state institutional agencies like Markfed etc.

(iii) Regular Weekly Video Conference is conducted jointly by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Department of Fertilizers (DoF), and Ministry of Railways with State Agriculture Officials and corrective actions are taken to dispatch fertilizer as indicated by the State Governments.

(iv) The gap between demand (requirement) and production is met through import.

In all existing 8460 panchayats in Bihar, new types of seeds have been made available to farmers by implementing various central and state schemes like Chief Minister Seed Crash Programme, Integrated Seed Village Scheme and Distribution of Certified Seeds through various schemes.

All types of fertilizers which are notified under Fertilizer Control Order (FCO), 1985 are made available in sufficient quantity through 23924 retail fertilizers dealers to the farmers in the state.