Farmers Urged to Only Buy Sowing Seeds From Authorized Dealers: Agriculture Department

Farmers in the Yadgir district have been warned by the Agriculture Department to only buy sowing seeds such as green gram, red gram, and cotton from authorized dealers.

Abid, the department's Joint Director, claimed in a statement that the district has received adequate rain, encouraging farmers to engage in agricultural operations such as planting in prepared land. Farmers should thus acquire sowing seeds from authorized dealers or shoppers and demand a money receipt as proof of purchase.

"There's a chance that unknown people from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Maharashtra would come to your village to offer loose sowing seeds," Mr. Abid said. If such a person is found, farmers should contact the officials listed below immediately and join forces with the department to prevent such operations, they advised.

Sunilkumar, Assistant Agriculture Director of Shahapur- 8277933419, Roopa Devi, Agriculture Office in Shahapur 8277935667 and Suresh -8277935668, Amaresh, Agriculture Officer in Gogi 9902876798, Amaresh, Agriculture Officer in Hayyal ( B)- 9740495117, Nagaraj, Agriculture Officer in Doranahalli village-8277935674, Jagadish, Agriculture Officer in Wadagera- 8277935675, Gurunath, Assistant Director of Agriculture department in Shorapur-8277933428.

Vinayak, Technical Officer 8277935670, Bheemaraya, Agriculture Officer- 8277933437, Parashunath, Agriculture officer in Shorapur and Hunsagi- 8277933442, Sridhar, Agriculture Officer in Kakkera- 9972763363, Ramanagowda, Agriculture Officer in Kodekal- 8277933445, Siddarth Patil, Agriculture Officer in Kembhavi-8277933430, Swetha Talemarad, Assistant Agriculture Officer in Yadgir- 8277933405, Ayyanna, Agriculture Officer-7483300485, Ganapathi- 6360759812, Shobha-8277933409, Jayappa, Agriculture Officer in Balichakra- 8277935666, Mahipal Reddy, Agriculture Officer in Konkal-8277935662, Menaka, Agriculture Officer in Saidapur-8277935665, Mallikarjun Kandar, Agriculture Officer in Hattikuni- 9901699421 and Mallikarjun Ward, Agriculture Officer in Gurmitkal -8277935664, respectively.

In another instance, farmers in northern Karnataka who have lost crops in the last two years are thrilled by the favorable pre-monsoon rains and have accelerated their sowing operations.

The agriculture department is also ready to provide the appropriate amount of seeds and fertilizers to help farmers. Cotton will cover 70,000 hectares, green gram 53,000 hectares, maize 50,000 hectares, soya 32,600 hectares, groundnut 26,000 hectares, black gram 8,700 hectares, and sugarcane 11,000 hectares in the Dharwad district, according to the department. Apart from the 14 Raitha Sampark Kendras, the agriculture department has established 16 new seed and fertilizer distribution centers.

There is a demand for 21,000 quintals of seeds for Kharif sowing, and authorities claim they will be able to satisfy it. Chemical fertilizers are also in plentiful supply. The needed number of fertilizers is 60,164 quintals from April to September, and there is now a store of 19,000 quintals, according to authorities.