JAIPUR: Preliminary study by civil organisations has shown that the state's special project of free distribution of hybrid maize seeds to farmers in the hopes of a rich harvest might have gone awry. The seeds have provided less than promised yields and, in many cases, they have not germinated.
The state government through funds from the National Agriculture Development Programme and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) has been promoting hybrid maize seeds to the tribal farmers on a large scale since 2009.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/hybrid-maize-seeds-inferior-desi-ones-report
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-jaipur
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/udaipur-d
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/seeds
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maize
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/banswara-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-yield
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
