KRIBHCO supplies 80,000 quintals of certified wheat seed to UP farmers annually

Crops & Farming Practices

Lucknow: Ahead of Rabi sowing, KRIBHCO supplies around 80,000 quintals of certified wheat seed to farmers in Uttar Pradesh every year, and pays farmers who grow its seed crop an incentive of about Rs 200 per quintal over the minimum support price, a senior official of the farmers’ cooperative said on Tuesday. Speaking at a media workshop organised by the Forum for Indian Journalists on Education, Environment, Health & Agriculture (FIJEEHA) in collaboration with Alliance for Change,Transformation & Innovation (ACTION), Rishipal Singh Rathore, State Manager, KRIBHCO Uttar Pradesh, said the seed is processed at KRIBHCO’s plants in Gorakhpur, Aurai, Shahjahanpur and Gajraula and reaches farmers in certified, tagged 40-kg bags. The cooperative also supplies gram and lentil seed. Rathore said fertiliser supplies in the state remain on course despite lingering uncertainty in global markets after the West Asia conflict, backed by the Government of India’s strong resolve to keep supplies stable. KRIBHCO supplies 10-12 lakh metric tonnes of urea and around 3 lakh metric tonnes of DAP in Uttar Pradesh every year, along with SSP, zinc sulphate, micronutrients, organic manure and bio-fertilisers. “Our relationship with farmers is not limited to supplying products. Our aim is to make every farmer capable,...