The State Agriculture Department has set a target of 1,425 hectare seed farm registration and 1,673 metric tonnes of quality seeds production during the current year, for ensuring production of adequate quality seeds.
The Department of Seed Certification has taken effective steps for the production of quality seeds for achieving the target.
To ensure quality of certified seeds, R. Palanisamy, Joint Director of Seed Certification, Coimbatore, conducted surprise inspection at the seed farms in Salem district recently.
He inspected the cow gram (Thattai Payiru) seed farm set up on two acre belonging to Rangasamy, a progressive farmer of Kandarkulamanikkam village in Magudanchavadi block.
In Kannantheri village, Mr. Palanisamy inspected the sprouted green gram (Paasi Payiru) Vamban No. 3 seed farm on one acre owned by farmer K. Periasamy.
He underlined the importance of production of high germination capacity quality seeds free from any cross breed variety for augmenting food production in the State.
The farmers should adopt the right quality seed production techniques at the right time.
He inspected the stock of certified seeds in the office of the Assistant Director of Agriculture in Magudanchavadi block.
Mr. Palanisamy also inspected the seed farm registration, stock of certified seeds, various registers at the office of the Assistant Director of seed certification in Salem city.
He urged the seed certification officials to take steps to achieve the target in quality seeds production.
V. Rajadurai, Assistant Director of Seed Certification, explained the seed quality techniques adopted at the Salem Seed Testing Station.
A press release of the Department of Seed Certification said that the Joint Director of Seed Certification too conducted similar inspection in the seed farms in the district recently.
The Department of Seed Certification has taken effective steps for the production of quality seeds for achieving the target


Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/agriculture-department-sets-target-of-1425-hectare-seed-farm-registration/article6650216.ece