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Minister Lukhoi hands over certified HVY paddy seeds

Minister O Lukhoi also interacted with the concerned DAOs to take stock of the prevailing ground situation of the department in all the districts and also encouraged them to work in the interest and welfare of the farmers in the state.

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Imphal: Agriculture Minister Oinam Lukhoi Singh handed over district wise allocation of free certified High Yielding Variety (HYV) paddy through the concerned district agriculture officers on Sunday. 

A simple programme in this regard was held at Agriculture Godown at Lamphelpat under the theme “Enhancement of Rice Production in the State”.

Minister Lukhoi said that the state government had decided to distribute the paddy seeds at free of cost instead of selling at 50% subsidy in view of the hardship faced by the farmers in this time of Covid pandemic. He also informed that the main focus was to reach the target group in the interest and welfare of the farmers and farmers can procure these free paddy seeds through the concerned DAOs.

Minister further mentioned that the deficit in food grains specially rice in the State is huge and is increasing over the years with the increasing population. The Government of Manipur constituted a Sub Committee for enhancement of Rice Production in the State on 7th September, 2020. After several round of discussion, the said Sub-Committee had drawn up and recommended 10 (ten) approaches and strategies to increase rice production in the state as given below: 

Increasing Seed Replacement Rate; Enhancing Varietal Replacement Rate; Increasing Cropping Intensity through Assured Irrigation; Expansion of Effective Irrigation facilities; Adoption of more Intensive Cultivation Practices (SRI/ICM/ Line Planting etc; Maintaining Soil Health and providing judicious Soil Nutrients; Revisiting the Extension Mechanism; Facilitation of Credit, Finance, Crop Insurance; Marketing& creation of Rural Storage infrastructure and Farm Mechanization.

Minister O Lukhoi also interacted with the concerned DAOs to take stock of the prevailing ground situation of the department in all the districts and also encouraged them to work in the interest and welfare of the farmers in the state. 

The Minister also inspected the various fertilizers godown in the presence of Commissioner, Agriculture, M. Joy Singh, Director, Agriculture, Kh. Lalmani Singh and all concerned officers and officials of the Department.

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