Panaji: The agriculture department has set a target to distribute 2.2 tonne of vegetable seeds for the rabi season this year. This is owing to the phenomenal response they have received during the lockdown by Goans to grow their own food.
“Many people that had adopted farming during the lockdown want to continue irrigating the land. After the kharif season harvest, the next step to take on their irrigated land would be to start growing rabi crops,” deputy director of agriculture, Chintamani Perni said.
The agriculture department has already distributed approximately 1.2 tonnes of seeds this season and is going to distribute the rest in the coming days. These are seeds of vegetables like brinjal, raddish, cabbage, cauliflower and even leafy greens like methi, red amaranthus and even cluster beans.
The vegetable seeds are procured from the Goa state horticulture corporation limited (GSHCL) and a few seed companies. The prices of the seeds vary accordingly.
“The response to procuring these seeds from us is comparatively better from the responses received in the last rabi season. We expect to complete the target of disbursing 2.2 tonne of seeds through this sowing season,” Perni said.
In the rabi season last year, only one tonne of seeds were distributed.
In addition to this, the agriculture department is also raising seedlings for vegetables and are providing the same to farmers at a 75% subsidised rate. Approximately 5 lakh such seedlings will be distributed among farmers.
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