Seed Data for Major crops in India

Crop Area Seed Rate Seed Certified Seeds Seed Gap

Under Crop * Requirement Distributed ƚ
(Million Ha) (Kg/Ha) (Quintals) (Quintals) (Quintals)
Cereals
Rice 43.9 25 10978000 5818000 5160000
Wheat 28 100 28040000 7483000 20557000
Barley 0.6 75 450000 162000 288000
Jowar 7.8 8 621000 241000 380000
Bajra 9.6 5 479000 220000 259000
Maize 8.1 20 1624000 794000 830000
Ragi 1.4 10 139000 25000 114000
Sub Total 99.4 42330000 14743000 27587000

Pulses
Arhar 3.7 15 560000 109000 451000
Moong 3.7 20 746000 123000 623000
Urad 3.2 25 798000 137000 661000
Gram 7.5 80 6032000 860000 5172000
Sub Total 18.2 8135000 1229000 6906000

Oilseeds
Groundnut 6.3 120 7548000 1590000 5958000
Soybean 8.9 75 6660000 2089000 4571000
Sunflower 1.9 5 96000 80000 16000
Sesamum 1.8 3 54000 18000 36000
Rapeseed/Mustard 5.8 4 233000 163000 70000
Safflower 0.3 5 16000 9000 7000
Sub Total 25 14607000 3949000 10658000

Fibre
Cotton 9.4 7.5 706000 227000 479000

Total 152 65777000 20148000 45629000

Source: Report of the Commission of Agricultural Costs and Prices 2009-10.

Handbook of Agriculture
www.dacnet.in, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI.

* Data for 2007-08

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Data for 2008-09
# Data for 2006-07
Share of Seed in
Cost of Cultivation#
(%)

3.98
7.22
6.15
2.87
3.82
4.73
1.23

3.49
7.04
8.15
16.17

17.10
10.50
11.88
2.50
1.50
3.30

6.90