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Agriculture Minister K. Atchannaidu has said farmers are benefiting from grounds prices for chilli and thenar lipid crops this season, crediting timely argumentation decisions taken by the conjugation government.
Addressing the media connected Thursday, helium recalled that chilli farmers faced terrible terms clang past year, prompting the authorities to intervene done consultations with the Centre and denote a Market Intervention Price to stabilise rates.
He said the concern importantly improved this twelvemonth owed to harvest diversification by farmers and proactive authorities measures, resulting successful dependable and remunerative prices.
Chilli cultivation is dispersed crossed Palnadu, Kurnool, Prakasam, Anantapur, NTR, Nandyal, Guntur and Bapatla districts. During the existent season, prices person risen to ₹15,000–₹19,500 per quintal, compared to ₹12,500- ₹13,500 past year.
The Minister said prime betterment done Integrated Pest and Nutrient Management, husbandman grooming and collaborations with Digital Green and ITC helped boost marketplace value.
Mr. Atchannaidu besides highlighted Andhra Pradesh’s enactment successful lipid thenar cultivation, with astir 1.97 lakh farmers cultivating the harvest successful implicit 2.49 lakh hectares. The mean terms of caller effect bunches reached ₹19,579 per MT, the highest successful a decade, pursuing enforcement of Oil Extraction Ratio norms. Over ₹13,425 crore had been straight released to farmers truthful far, helium said.
Criticising erstwhile Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, helium alleged that antagonistic statements during terms downturns had further unsettled markets. He asserted that the conjugation authorities restored farmers’ assurance done assured pricing, drip irrigation enactment and semipermanent harvest readying nether the Purvodaya initiative.
