Ashish Tyagi/ Baghpat: The government is running various welfare schemes to double the income of farmers. The government has also launched a scheme to provide free seeds to the farmers cultivating flowers. Marigold farmers are getting full benefit from it and the farmers are doubling their income by taking free seeds. Farmers are given high quality seeds free of cost. Let us know how farmers can take advantage of this scheme.
Giving information, Baghpat District Horticulture Officer Dinesh Kumar Arun said that the government is running a scheme to provide free seeds to the farmers cultivating marigold flowers. In this, high quality seeds are given to the farmers. In this, three types of marigold flowers, Basanti, Pusa Jafri and Pooja, are given free of cost to the farmers. The farmer plants about 400 to 500 grams of seeds in one acre, which is given to him. From time to time, officials of the Agriculture Department provide necessary information to the farmers and this increases the production capacity of the farmers and doubles the income of the farmers.
Registration will have to be done in the Horticulture Department
District Horticulture Officer Dinesh Kumar Arun said that to join this scheme, farmers have to reach the Horticulture Department and register themselves. For registration, farmers should bring their ID and land parcel, after which seeds are made available to the farmers within about 15 days to 1 month of the application. This scheme is very beneficial for the farmers and every farmer can double his income by joining it.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 24, 2024, 13:37 IST