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Thousands of farmers successful SPSR Nellore and Prakasam districts are acrophobic astir the falling prices of Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) baccy contempt favourable upwind and a good-quality harvest this year. Currently, the procurement prices scope betwixt ₹190 and ₹260 per kilogram astatine large auction centres successful some districts owed to the sluggish planetary request and implicit supply.
“The mean terms of A-grade baccy has importantly dropped from ₹340 per kg during the erstwhile years to ₹230 per kg this year. We person anticipated astatine slightest ₹300 per kg, but the companies are reluctant to connection supra ₹250 per kg portion buying the baccy astatine the auction platforms,” said V.V. Prasad, a baccy husbandman from Ongole.
Meanhwile, a bulk of the farmers are returning with their bales from the auction centres owed to deficiency of remunerative prices. The farmers from Enikapadu and Konijedu villages successful Prakasam territory expressed fearfulness that they would suffer ₹5 to ₹6 lakh this year. Similarly, the farmers from D.C. Pally and Kaligiri villages successful SPSR Nellore territory besides claimed that they are facing superior losses. They demanded the Central and State governments to respond instantly and enactment them successful ensuring amended prices.
Meanwhile, State Agriculture Minister K. Atchannaidu, Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar, Social Welfare Minister Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy and others person already brought the contented to the attraction of Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu.
Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy precocious announced that the State authorities was considering the problems of the baccy farmers connected apical priority. The Minister said that helium volition bring their problems to the attraction of the Chief Minister and enactment towards resolving them. He assured that the authorities volition basal by the farmers until they get remunerative prices.
Speaking to The Hindu, Indian Tobacco Board president Ch. Yashwanth Kumar said that a gathering would beryllium held soon with the representatives of baccy farmers, buyers, traders, exporters, elder officials successful the Agriculture Department and nationalist representatives to sermon the issues comprehensively and find a solution.
