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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Rajasthan bats for super-grain quinoa -TV Jayan

Rajasthan bats for super-grain quinoa -TV Jayan

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published Published on May 25, 2017   modified Modified on May 25, 2017
-The Hindu Business Line

Crop gets Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 1 lakh per quintal

Jaipur:
As part of its crop diversification efforts, Rajasthan will encourage over 50,000 farmers to take up cultivation of super foodgrain quinoa this year, said State Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Minister Prabhu Lal Saini.

Rajasthan State Seeds Corporation, which engaged some farmers to grow quinoa seeds on an experimental basis, has managed to raise over 20,000 quintals of seed for this year.

“We plan to distribute the seeds to 50,000 or more farmers for growing,” Minister Saini told a team of visiting mediapersons.

He said the government had identified areas in 11 districts that were suitable for growing this highly nutritive grain.

Quinoa, often referred to as a ‘wonder’ foodgrain, can grow in areas where water is scarce or even in those affected by salinity.

Recently introduced in the country, quinoa is being cultivated in isolated pockets in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

Once processed, quinoa can fetch prices anywhere between Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 100,000 per quintal. In comparison, millet crops, such as jowar or bajra, are sold at prices ranging from Rs. 1,200-1,600 per quintal, he said.

Bumper crop expected

“We expect bumper production this year and hope to get some contract farming deals for our quinoa farmers,” Saini said, adding that crops such as quinoa will help the State realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of doubling farmers’ income by 2022.

The government, he said, had plans to give subsidies as high as 50 per cent to entrepreneurs willing to set up agri processing units in the State.

The State already occupies pole position in the cultivation of many crops, such as coriander, cumin, garlic and cluster beans.

According to Saini, olive cultivation in the State is set to climb new heights. “Many farmers have come forward and we expect the area under olive cultivation to increase by 5,000 hectares this year,” he said.

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The Hindu Business Line, 23 May, 2017, http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/rajasthan-bats-for-supergrain-quinoa/article9710839.ece


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