Table 4.08: Seed Requirement of different crops 2000-01 to 2005-06
				(Figures in thousand metric tons)
Crops	Year
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
1	2	3	4	5	6	6
Aus Local	85.90	79.20	46.70	46.20	22.80	22.55
Aus HYV	13.98	13.50	23.31	23.43	19.65	19.73
Total Aus	99.88	92.70	70.01	69.63	42.45	42.28
T.Aman	148.20	147.48	109.02	149.61	124.70	124.73
B.Aman	77.00	73.10	69.60	69.50	34.65	34.60
Total  Aman	225.20	220.58	178.62	219.11	159.35	159.33
Boro Local	6.06	6.06	7.50	7.47	6.20	6.18
Boro HYV	106.80	107.07	111.84	117.84	102.40	105.68
Total  Boro	112.86	113.13	119.34	125.31	108.60	111.86
Total Paddy	437.94	426.41	367.97	414.05	310.40	313.47
Wheat	92.76	89.04	79.80	79.20	78.60	78.00
Maize	1.05	0.90	1.35	1.47	1.06	1.16
Jute	3.58	3.65	4.00	3.65	4.55	4.55
							5.82
Mustard	6.70	6.06	6.52	6.52	6.52	6.52	9.14
Ground nut	3.40	2.90	5.50	5.50	5.32	5.42
Til	0.29	0.29	0.32	0.32	0.40	0.40	3.32
Total Oilseed	10.39	9.25	12.34	12.34	12.24	12.34
Masur	4.92	4.71	3.72	3.72	4.34	4.34
Gram	0.64	0.60	0.84	0.88	0.90	1.20
Mung	1.56	1.35	2.58	2.58	2.18	2.18
Mashkalai	0.81	0.78	3.03	3.03	3.03	3.06
Cow-pea	0.93	0.88	0.82	0.82	0.84	0.85
Orohor	1.75	0.35	0.49	0.49	0.50	0.50
Kheshari	7.48	7.28	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Total Pulses	18.09	15.95	19.48	19.52	19.79	20.13
Vegetables Seed	1.12	1.08	2.42	2.03	2.05	2.06
Potato	373.50	357.00	480.00	477.00	436.50	440.00
Sugarcane	845.00	815.00	850.00	865.00	875.00	875.00
Onion	0.10	0.11	0.42	0.42	0.85	0.90
Garlic	3.90	4.20	14.10	14.10	27.00	30.00
Coriander	0.12	0.12	0.56	0.56	0.46	0.49
Chillies	0.08	0.09	0.06	0.06	0.36	0.46
Ginger	24.50	28.00	21.00	21.00	12.00	30.00
Turmaric	40.00	40.00	45.00	45.00	65.00	75.00
Total Spices	68.70	72.52	81.14	81.14	105.67	136.85
Grand Total	1852.13	1790.80	1898.50	1955.40	1845.86	1883.56
Source: Seed Wing, MOA