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The National Seed Research and Testing Centre has received and analysed 697 court referred seed samples
The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare is implementing farmer’s welfare scheme ‘Sub-Mission on Seeds & Planting Materials’ to produce and supply quality seeds to farmers to enhance production and productivity in the country through various components namely Seed Village Programme, Establishment of Seed Processing-cum-Seed Storage Godowns at Gram Panchyat Level, National Seed Reserve, Boosting Seed Production in Private Sector and Strengthening of Quality Control Infrastructure Facilities.
Major achievements under the scheme from 2014-15 to 2020-21 are as under:
- Under Seed Village Programme, 4.29 lakh numbers of Seed Villages have been created wherein 38.01 lakh qtls. of foundation/certified seeds were distributed at concessional rates to 170.86 lakh farmers.
- To encourage farmers to take up Seed production of Pulses, Oilseeds, Fodder and Green Manure crops locally and make available required certified seeds at the village itself, 1.05 lakh qtls. of foundation /certified seeds have been distributed at 75% subsidized rates to 2.61 lakh farmers.
- The breeder seeds of bio-fortified varieties have been allotted to the States for further multiplication for enhancing the availability of seeds to the farmers in the country.
- To encourage farmers and communities of farmers, particularly the tribal and rural communities engaged in conversion, improvement and preservation of genetic resources of economic plants and their wild relatives, particularly in areas identified as agro-biodiversity hotspots from National Gene Fund, the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Authority has given 15 Plant Genome Saviour Community Awards and 16 Plant Genome Saviour Farmers Awards, besides, 37 Plant Genome Saviour Farmers Recognition, during the last five years.
