New Delhi: The price of pulses products can rise again in the country. The government's emphasis this time is on the cultivation of oilseed crops. But there is also the danger of reducing the area of pulses and coarse cereal crops. The need for coordination in the cultivation of these crops will be emphasized by the government. Maintaining the production of pulses and coarse cereals will be a major challenge along with reducing the import dependence of edible oils.
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For this, where a mixed farming strategy has been prepared, the government is going to give major attention to the use of crores of hectares of abandoned land. More than 60 percent of the total requirement of edible oils has to be imported, on which foreign exchange is spent more than 80 thousand crores. The government has prepared a plan to reduce it under any circumstances, under which special priority will be given to the cultivation of oilseed crops. For this, the oilseed sub-mission is starting from the Rabi season itself.
Kits of improved varieties of seeds are being distributed free of cost to farmers. Oilseed hub will be built, in which improved seeds will be produced. Central Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Suresh Malhotra informed that a strategy has been prepared to meet the challenge of maintaining the production of pulses and coarse grains along with oilseeds. A large part of the total cultivable land of the country is one-cropped.
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The rest of the time he is left fallow. This cultivated land can be used in the cultivation of oilseed crops. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture, in the current Kharif season, pulses have been cultivated in 12 million hectares, coarse cereals in 18.8 million hectares and oilseed crops in 18.8 million hectares.
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