2 weeks ago
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The Krishnagiri Reservoir Project (KRP) Dam near canal watershed farmers’ relation submitted a petition to the territory medication seeking to convene a tripartite gathering for fixing of mango prices betwixt mango growers and mango pulp manufacture here. According to the association, without the territory administration-led meeting, farmers extremity up getting paid abysmal prices by the pulp industry.
Over 47,000 hectare(s) is nether mango cultivation. A ample portion of the cultivation entails cultivation of Thotapuri mangoes. However, the mangoes that are cultivated chiefly for the pulp manufacture does not fetch the close price, owed to the terms cartelisation by the industry. According to the farmers, the terms offered is often betwixt ₹3.50 and ₹5 per kg. However, the farmers person been demanding for ₹12 to ₹15 per kg connected mean seasons.
They besides demanded that the authorities emulate the Andhra Pradesh’s illustration of announcing a minimum enactment terms for mangoes to forestall “price syndicate” by the pulp industry. A minimum guaranteed terms mediated by the territory medication volition guarantee remunerative income for the farmers, the relation stated.
