A study on replacement rate of paddy (Oryza sativa) seed in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh

Paddy is one of the most important stable food crop grown and consumed by the population of Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. In general, farmers of the district growing paddy under the irrigated condition and farmers were getting lower crop yield due to the non-adoption of improved agronomic practices for paddy production including less seed replacement. The seed replacement of crop can enhance the crop production by 10-20 per cent without any change of other inputs of crop production. Present study was an attempt to find out the seed replacement rate in Chandauli districts of Uttar Pradesh. The standard rate of seed required for paddy is 40-45 kg per hectare depending on the crop variety and location. For the estimation of total paddy demand in Chandauli district, we considered two paddy seed rate i.e. 40 kg (standard seed rate) and 60 kg (as farmers’ point of view) per hectare. Total seed requirement for the paddy under the both seed rate was estimated to be 17352 and 26028 quintal under both seed rate respectively during 2016-17. The gap between standard seed rate (40 kg per hectare) and farmers’ point of view (60 quintal per hectare) was estimated to be 7623 and 16299 quintal respectively during 2016-17.