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HCL to donate quality seeds to 20k farmers in Hardoi, Lucknow ahead of kharif sowing
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Last Updated: May 30, 2021, 07:15 PM IST
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Apart from seeds, the company is also ensuring that timely and sufficient supply of other agri-inputs like fertilisers and pesticides are made available for sale at the Hardoi Kisan Farmers Producers Organisation, it said.
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To ensure that farmers livelihood is not hit during the second wave of the pandemic, IT firm HCL Technologies on Sunday said it has decided to donate quality seeds to 20,000 farmers in Hardoi and Lucknow districts of Uttar Pradesh, ahead of kharif sowing.
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