Farmers, traders gain as Dasara demand lifts coconut prices in Andhra Pradesh

Coconut farmers successful Krishna, East and West Godavari, Konaseema, and different districts are rejoicing arsenic prices soar during the Dasara festivities. In the retail market, each coconut is being sold for ₹40 to ₹50, portion wholesale traders wage farmers ₹18 to ₹22 per piece. Coconut lipid is besides fetching astir ₹450 per kg.

“During Dasara, request for coconuts is high. Traders adjacent temples are selling each coconut astatine ₹45 to ₹50,” said devotees. Labourers were engaged dehusking coconuts astatine banal points crossed Krishna, Eluru, and different districts.

Traders are besides profiting by exporting coconut stocks to neighbouring states. “There is simply a precocious request for Andhra Pradesh coconuts. We volition nonstop stocks to Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and different States,” said Ramakrishna, a trader from Eluru district.

Earlier, farmers earned conscionable ₹6 to ₹8 per coconut. “With rising demand, we present get ₹20 per coconut. The request has been beardown for the past 2 months,” said G. Ranga Rao from Krishna district. Labourers similar V. Adi Narayana, who dehusk astir 500 coconuts a day, gain ₹1 to ₹1.20 per coconut.