UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 2

● A seed village is one wherein trained group of fanners are involved in production 'of seeds of various crops and cater to the needs of themselves, fellow fanners of the village and fanners of neighbouring villages in an appropriate time and at affordable cost is called "a seed village".
● Concept relates to ◦ Organizing seed production in cluster (or) compact area. Hence statement 1 is correct.
◦ Replacing existing local varieties with new high yielding varieties.
◦ Increasing seed production.
◦ To meet the local demand, timely supply and reasonable cost.
◦ Self-sufficiency and self-reliance of the village. Hence statement 2 is correct.
◦ Increasing the seed replacement rate.