Minister for Agriculture B.C.Patil said here on Tuesday that there was no shortage of agricultural fertilizers or seeds in the State and there was adequate stock to meet the projected demand.
He was speaking at the Mysuru divisional level agricultural meeting which attended by senior officials from different districts under the Mysuru revenue division.
The Minister said the targeted sowing area for 2022-23 was 82.67 lakh hectares and there was a progress of 44 per cent as sowing had been completed on 36.47 lakh hectares so far. There was a demand for 5.38 lakh qunitals of seeds but the availability was 7.81 lakh quintals. As on July 4, 2022, 2.59 lakh tonnes of seeds had been distributed to the farmers while 1.40 lakh tonnes was stocked by the Raitha Samparka Kendras.
