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Coconut farmers successful Thanjavur territory person urged the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation to procure copra nether terms enactment strategy (PSS) procurement successful presumption of the crisp autumn successful terms successful the unfastened market.
According to the East Coast Coconut Farmers’ Association, Peravurani, the marketplace terms of copra has nosedived from ₹250 per kg six months agone to ₹120 per kg now. Hence, NAFED indispensable commence procurement of copra and connection the minimum enactment terms of ₹12,027 per quintal for the Fair Average Quality milling copra and ₹12,500 per quintal for shot copra fixed by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for the 2026 procurement season.
The 2026 MSP is ₹445 summation per quintal for milling copra and ₹400-increase per quintal for shot copra compared to the erstwhile season.
NAFED utilized to procure copra nether PSS if the marketplace terms of copra regularisation astatine oregon beneath the declared MSP and proceed the procurement till stabilisation of marketplace terms supra the declared MSP, oregon harvesting play of 90 days arsenic declared by the State governments, whichever is earlier.
Procurement of copra is made done State-level and primary-level cooperative networks, according to authoritative sources.
