Chhattisgarh maize farmers to get advance payment from govt for yield

The NACOF would be procuring maize from the farmers through the state-controlled Krishi Upaz Mandi for Rs 1760 a quintal

Chhattisgarh farmers will get advance payment for the maize that they sell to the government agency  - Indian National Farmers Produce, Processing and Retail Cooperative Association (NACOF) - at the minimum support price (MSP).

With a slight increase in acreage, Chhattisgarh had sown maize crop in 211,000 hectare in the kharif 2019 as against the previous year’s 193,000 hectares. The state is estimated to produce 508,000 tonnes of maize, the second-most sought after crop after paddy, produced mainly in the hilly terrains of Maoist-infested Bastar and Sarguja districts.

In all, 7352 maize producers had registered with societies to sell their