The Nalgonda police on Tuesday nabbed 23 persons for allegedly producing and selling spurious cotton seed to farmers in parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. A total of 15 quintal seed worth ₹ 30 lakh was seized from them. Based on inputs, the banned BG-III cotton seed and other seed variants were traced to Nandyal in Kurnool of Andhra Pradesh. “Through a rigorous investigation we zeroed in on persons producing the foundation seed, those developing them, the distribution network and the retailers. The district police, the SP said, was conducting awareness programmes with agriculture stores across Nalgonda, on spurious seeds, fertiliser and other farm inputs.

Source: The Hindu June 23, 2020 15:20 UTC