Amma Seeds

After introducing various welfare measures under the Amma brand name, the Tamil Nadu government announced its decision to sell ‘Amma seeds’. The seeds will be available in the proposed Amma service centres across the state. In a bid to encourage farmers to use high quality seeds, the government will set up Amma Seed Agency by coordinating with government seed farms, seed production units and farmers, chief minister J Jayalalithaa said in the assembly.

She said that, the agency will be set up with adequate staff at a cost of Rs.156.74 crore. Quality seeds produced here will be supplied as Amma seeds through Amma outlets at a reasonable price. This is part of the government's efforts to intensify grain production in this fiscal year.