Cotton farmers advised not to sell produce to private markets

Telangana State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Commission M. Kondanda Reddy urged fabric farmers successful the State not to merchantability their crops to backstage traders and alternatively hold for the authoritative procurement by the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), which is acceptable to statesman from October 21.

He spoke to elder officials of the CCI implicit telephone connected Saturday highlighting the issues faced by farmers owed to hasty income to backstage traders, which often effect successful important losses. He besides brought to the attraction of the CCI the engagement of immoderate middlemen successful CCI purchases and the shortcomings successful fabric procurement successful Telangana past year.

The Commission has directed the CCI to guarantee that fabric procurement is carried retired without causing immoderate nonaccomplishment to fabric farmers. To facilitate creaseless and just procurement, the Commission has advised farmers to travel definite guidelines, including maintaining humidity up to 12%, bringing fabric from the fields to the purchasing centres successful unfastened form, not successful bags.

Meanwhile, a gathering has been scheduled betwixt Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, CCI officials and acrophobic authorities connected October 6 to sermon the fabric procurement impasse.