West Godavari Unit

West Godavari

APSSDC., Ltd Tanuku was established in the year 1976 with an area of 1.72 acres while the Marteru unit was established in 1989 with an acreage of 0.73 acres. The main motto of the APSSDC.Ltd., Tanuku and Marteru is to supply quality seed to the farmers of the district as well as to neighbouring districts duly coordinating with the Agriculture universities and Department of Agriculture. APSSDC.Ltd., Tanuku is having 4 machineries with storage capacity of 22,000 qtls while that of APSSDC.Ltd Marteru is having 2 machineries with storage capacity of 4000 qtls and new godown with 4000 sq feet is yet to be handed over. West Godavari District is having a gross area of 2,87,985 hectares which is having paddy as principal crop. Most of the paddy seed is being utilized by the farmers either by their own source (or) by private companies. Now that, The APSSDC.Ltd., Tanuku is majorly concentrating on subsidy sales and there is a major scope to extend the general sales in the district as well as to the North Coastal Zone.


CROP WISE AREA SHOWN OF PRINCIPAL CROPS IN WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT
S.NO Crop Kharif Season(Area in Hectares) RabiSeason(Area in Hectares) Total (Area in Hectares)
1 Paddy 2,21,641 1,20,192 3,41,833
2 Main 1773 47003 48776
3 Sama/Ragi 12 - 12
4 Korra 5 - 5
  Total Food Grains 223431 167195 390626
5 Redgram 72 171 243
6 Greengram 110 7895 8005
7 Blackgram 1625 4490 6115
8 Horsegram 0 21 21
9 Cowgram 2 11 13
  Total Pulses 1809 12588 14397
10 Groundnut 1117 790 1907
11 Sesa mum - 30 30
  Total Oil Seeds 1117 820 1937
12 Tobacco - 18205 18205
13 Chillies 155 812 967
14 Sugarcane 7692 2469 10161
15 Turmeric 160 - 160
  Total Commercial Crops 8007 21486 29493
  Grand Total 234364 202089 436453

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