Adequate fertilizers available in all districts, says A.P. Markfed director

Adequate fertilizers are disposable successful each the districts, arsenic AP Markfed has taken peculiar attraction to guarantee capable quantity of supplies to farmers successful the State, said Andhra Pradesh State Co-operative Marketing Federation Limited (A.P. Markfed) Director Anepu Ramakrishna Naidu connected Friday (26 December, 2025).

He said that determination is nary shortage of fertilizers successful the State, contrary to what the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has projected, and urged the absorption enactment to sojourn Rythu Seva Kendras and Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies to spot the stocks maintained to conscionable farmers’ requirements during the Kharif and Rabi seasons.

Mr. Ramakrishna, who attended the 13th wide assemblage gathering of the Markfed held precocious successful Vijayawada, spoke to The Hindu here astir the government’s initiatives to conscionable the expectations of the farmers. “Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu accrued the fund from ₹40 crore to ₹85 crore this twelvemonth to guarantee that Markfed stocks fertilizers adequately and to forestall backstage dealers from fleecing farmers with higher rates,” helium said.

He said that the Markfed has been handling astir 3,000 tonnes of DAP, 500 tonnes of MOP and 1 lakh tonnes of Urea successful 2025-26 with an purpose to conscionable the requirements of the farmers successful some the seasons. The authorities has fixed the work to Markfed to instrumentality up marketplace involution activities to alteration farmers to get remunerative prices for their nutrient during Rabi play also. The Markfed fixed Minimum Support Price (MSP) for each products including greenish gram, achromatic gram, sorghum , pearl millet, digit millet and others.

“Markfed has been getting timely enactment from National Agriculture Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited and National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Limited. Their enactment is besides important for Markfed to conscionable its fiscal requirements.” Mr. Ramakrishna added.