The demand for groundnut seeds, being sold with a 40% subsidy in the State, has come down as the farmers are switching over to other lucrative and dependable crops in erstwhile undivided Anantapur district.
As per the Agriculture Department figures, 1,41,892 farmers have shown interest to buy 1,21,818.6 quintals in both Anantapur and Sathya Sai districts, while the target sale of 30% of likely need of the seeds is 2.35 lakh quintals.
Even out of those showing interest, only 54,257 farmers have lifted 45,564.6 quintals, which is just 1/3rd of the quantity registered by the farmers in Rythu Bharosa Kendras.
