Procurement of sunflower seeds at MSP: Registration for farmers to begin on Oct. 9

Procurement centres person been opened crossed Chamarajanagar territory to acquisition sunflower seeds of Fair Average Quality (FAQ) from farmers, nether the Centre’s Minimum Support Price (MSP) strategy for the 2025–26 Kharif season. Registration for farmers volition statesman connected October 9.

Procurement centres person been established astatine the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) yards successful Chamarajanagar, Kollegal, Hanur, and Gundlupet, arsenic good arsenic astatine the Terakanambi sub-market successful Gundlupet taluk. Farmers wishing to merchantability sunflower nether the MSP strategy indispensable registry astatine these centres, according to a property merchandise from the Deputy Director of Agricultural Marketing, Chamarajanagar.

The Centre has fixed the MSP astatine ₹7,721 per quintal, and the procurement volition beryllium carried retired by the Karnataka Cooperative Oilseeds Growers’ Federation Ltd. (KOF).

Only farmers who person sunflower registered successful their Record of Rights, Tenancy, and Crops (RTC) nether the harvest survey volition beryllium eligible for the procurement scheme. Purchases volition beryllium constricted to 4 quintals per acre, and a maximum of 20 quintals per husbandman of FAQ-quality sunflower volition beryllium accepted. Payments volition beryllium made straight to the farmers’ Aadhaar-linked slope accounts done Direct Benefit Transfer, the merchandise added.

Farmers indispensable bring photocopies of their Pahani/RTC, Aadhaar card, slope passbook (linked with Aadhaar), passport-size photograph, and FRUITS portal Farmer ID (FID) for registration. The FID tin beryllium obtained from the hobli-level Raitha Samparka Kendras oregon the Taluk Agriculture Office.

Farmers tin registry for procurement from October 9 onwards to avail the benefits of the MSP scheme.

For much information, farmers whitethorn interaction the Joint Director of Agriculture, Chamarajanagar; Deputy Director, Department of Agricultural Marketing; Assistant Manager, KOF (Phone: 8073093473); Secretary, Chamarajanagar APMC (Phone: 7406474389); Secretary, Gundlupet APMC (Phone: 9844211885); Secretary, Kollegal APMC (Phone: 8762898394); and Secretary, Hanur APMC (Phone: 9686707090).