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Kribhco to supply 80,000 quintals of certified wheat seed to UP farmers during Rabi

Lucknow, Oct 8 (UNI) Ahead of Rabi sowing, premier national-level multi-state cooperative federation, Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO) will supply around 80,000 quintals of certified wheat seed to farmers in Uttar Pradesh, and pay farmers who grow its seed crop an incentive of about Rs 200 per quintal over the minimum support price.
Speaking at a media workshop organised by the Forum for Indian Journalists on Education, Environment, Health & Agriculture (FIJEEHA) in collaboration with Alliance for Change, Transformation & Innovation (ACTION), Rishipal Singh Rathore, State Manager, Kribhco Uttar Pradesh, said the seed is processed at KRIBHCO’s plants in Gorakhpur, Aurai, Shahjahanpur and Gajraula and reaches farmers in certified, tagged 40-kg bags. The cooperative also supplies gram and lentil seed.
Mr Rathore said fertiliser supply in the state remains on course despite lingering uncertainty in global markets after the West Asia conflict, backed by the Government of India’s strong resolve to keep supplies stable.

Besides, Kribhco supplies 10-12 lakh metric tonnes of urea and around 3 lakh metric tonnes of DAP in Uttar Pradesh every year, along with SSP, zinc sulphate, micronutrients, organic manure and bio-fertilisers.
“Our relationship with farmers is not limited to supplying products. Our aim is to make every farmer capable, aware, self-reliant and prosperous, producing more at lower cost while protecting soil and water,” Mr Rathore said.
These inputs reach nearly 2.8 crore farmers through around 8,000 cooperative societies and 10,000 private dealers, besides 42 Kribhco Seva Kendras run on a no-profit, no-loss basis.
Kribhco also conducts around 1,500 training programmes a year for farmers and cooperatives on soil testing, balanced fertiliser use and water management, and has partnered in developing around 3,000 Kisan Samriddhi Kendras in the state.

The state is also home to the Shahjahanpur plant of Kribhco’s wholly owned subsidiary Kribhco Fertilizers Ltd, which produced 11.02 lakh metric tonnes of urea and 6.68 lakh metric tonnes of ammonia in 2025-26, running well above rated capacity.

Kribhco has signed a joint venture with Dutch firm Farm Frites for a hi-tech potato processing unit next to the plant. Its Varanasi unit, one of three Kribhco bio-fertiliser plants in the country, produces a range of bio-fertilisers, including Rhizobium and Azotobacter.
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