Procurement of organic maize begins, 80 MT purchased so far
Procurement of organic maize under the Rajiv Gandhi Natural Farming Start-up Scheme began in Dharampur, Solan district, on October 25. This initiative marks the state’s first effort to procure maize grown through natural farming, with farmers receiving ₹3,000 per quintal for up to 20 quintals. The maize will be processed and sold via civil supplies depots. Procurement is taking place in nine districts, excluding Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti, with plans to establish a time-frame for operations in each district.
The procurement of organic maize crop grown through natural farming under the Rajiv Gandhi Natural Farming Start-up Scheme began in Dharampur in Solan district from October 25. This is the first such endeavour being undertaken in the state, where the maize would be ground and sold through the civil supplies depots to the public.
Yograj Chauhan, project director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Solan, said as per the instructions of the state government, the procurement of maize crop grown under natural farming had begun in the entire state from Friday.
It will be done under the Rajiv Gandhi Start-up Scheme. The maize crop will be purchased from farmers at a rate of Rs 3,000 per quintal by the Agriculture Department, and it will be handed over to the HP Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department for making payment to the farmers. The total purchase limit from a farmer has been fixed at 20 quintals. The purchased maize will be stored in the godowns of Himachal Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation. The procurement is being made in nine of the 12 districts except Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti though it was yet to begun in Shimla, Chamba and Kullu.
A time-frame has been devised for its procurement in various districts.
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