SEA Mustard Promotion Council Chairman Sh Vijay Data say:
-India Mustard Prdn elevated 70-80% within 5yrs
-200 LacTon Prdn target likly reality in nxt 5yrs
-Mustard motivation alone can hike India Oilseeds Prdn
-Mustard Oil Consumption No concern/Oil demand growing with Mustard crop growth
Sh Ajay Jhunjhunwala say:
-Sol Assn efforts to hike Mustard yields thru Model Farms giving Rewards
-SEA to continue efforts to attract more Farmers in Model farming route
-India need more OilSeeds so SEA key focus to hike Mustard Prdn thru higher yield
-Govt support needed to hike Meal Export
Mustard Research Centre/Bharatpur Director Sh PK Rai says:
-India 15 Climate Zone:13 Zones Produces Mustard so Mustard crop key in most of Climate Zones
-Model Mustard farming now circles approx 1.50 Lac Farmers
-Advnaced Farming thru Model Farms boosts yields 37% in targeted Fields
-Mustard area now 70% irrigated so Rains No issue for Crop now
Sh Suresh Motwani Solidaridad say:
-Had Hails strom not happened, MP crop cud even bigger than 17.58 LT
-Raj farmers passion with Mustard so sowing wud continue to elevate
-Farmers begin sowing earlier than Normal so Crop get excess time to mature
-Crop health in All Zones remained perfect so Crop bigger
SEA Mustard Crop:
-survey begins in Nov/last survey March end
-Temperature Key for Mustard yields/Temperature nearly perfect in season
-No frost in season
-Temperature/Rains balanced
-Feb last days/Early March Rains hit sowed crop in some areas/Crop size had been higher if had Not hurts crop
