The Rajendra Agricultural University, Samastipur,
also produces maize seed on its own farm and also on
farmers’ fields. However, it doesn’t have any formal
contract with the farmers. It supplies parent seed at
reasonable price (not disclosed by the officials nor
could be contacted from the concerned farmers) to
farmers and provides extension services free of cost.
The production cost is almost similar to that for the
private company (` 5.89/kg). The University procures
seed from farmers at the price at which the National
Seed Corporation (NSC) procures (` 14/kg in 2010-
11). The preliminary in-house processing & packaging,
storage and transportation costs were estimated to be
about ` 10.50/kg, ` 8.00/kg and ` 8.50/kg, respectively.
The entire seed was being sold from University’s sale
counter. The seed was then either sold to distributor wholesaler at around 10 per cent discount on retail
price, or directly to the farmers at the rate of ` 90/kg.
At the end, the University has the margin of around
` 40 - 50/kg.
The Rajendra Agricultural University, Samastipur,also produces maize seed on its own farm and also onfarmers’ fields. However, it doesn’t have any formalcontract with the farmers. It supplies parent seed atreasonable price (not disclosed by the officials norcould be contacted from the concerned farmers) tofarmers and provides extension services free of cost.The production cost is almost similar to that for theprivate company (` 5.89/kg). The University procuresseed from farmers at the price at which the NationalSeed Corporation (NSC) procures (` 14/kg in 2010-11). The preliminary in-house processing & packaging,storage and transportation costs were estimated to beabout ` 10.50/kg, ` 8.00/kg and ` 8.50/kg, respectively.The entire seed was being sold from University’s salecounter. The seed was then either sold to distributor wholesaler at around 10 per cent discount on retailprice, or directly to the farmers at the rate of ` 90/kg.At the end, the University has the margin of around` 40 - 50/kg.
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