Mizoram govt distributes paddy seeds to farmers free of cost
By admin • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Mizoram NewsAIZAWL: Mizoram government is distributing paddy seeds free of costs to rural farmers through district administrations of all the eight districts as majority of the farmers lost all their crops due to Mautam or gregarious bamboo flowering last year.
Officials said that around 546.70 quintals of unhusked rice were distributed to the farmers in Aizawl district for paddy seeds while more would be distributed in 18 villages.
In South Mizoram’s Lunglei district, the officials said that the paddy seeds would be distributed in all the villages during next week while half of the villages in Mizoram-Myanmar border Champhai district have been covered.
Distribution of paddy seeds is also being undertaken in other districts with an effort to complete the task during sowing season.
The state government purchased paddy seeds from the local farmers who managed to salvage some of their harvest to be distributed to the other farmers who were not so lucky.
The farmers in the state lost around 80 per cent of their harvest as armies of rodents ravaged their paddy fields and destroyed most of their crops during last year.
PTI
