Solvent Extractors Assn seeks release of 100 kg GM mustard for this rabi

Edible oil body plans sow the seeds in 200 out of the 1,000-odd model mustard farms that it plans to set up this season

The Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA), a premier body of oilseed extractors, has urged the Central government to disburse about 100 kg of the recently approved genetically modified mustard seed, which it will then sow in 200 out of the 1,000-odd model mustard farms that it plans to set up this rabi season.

Sowing of mustard for the current rabi season started on a strong note, with a near 34 per cent year-on-year increase till last week, in the area under the crop.

“The Association is setting up over 1,000 model mustard farms in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and