81, 000 tons of certified seeds ready for farmers – NASC
The National Agricultural Seeds Council, NASC, has said that about 81,000 metric tons of certified seeds of rice, maize, sorghum, soyabean, cowpea, millet, groundnut, wheat, sesame and potato are ready for deployment and purchase by farmers across the country.
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