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Tungabhadra canal farmers in dire straits
Ayacut farmers of Tungabhadra High Level Canal, in Kanekal, Bommanahalli and Vidapanakallu mandals are in dire straits. After striving hard to raise crops like paddy, maize, chilli and groundnut in about 30,000 acres, the farmers are dealt a heavy blow with fall in selling price. This is forcing them to sell their produce to middlemen for less than minimum support price.
Anantapur: Ayacut farmers of Tungabhadra High-Level Canal, in Kanekal, Bommanahalli and Vidapanakallu mandals are in dire straits. After striving hard to raise crops like paddy, maize, chilli and groundnut in about 30,000 acres, the farmers are dealt a heavy blow with fall in selling price. This is forcing them to sell their produce to middlemen for less than minimum support price.
The crop season for the farmers has been a sad story; the yield has been decreased to half due to delay in the release of water from the Tungabhadra reservoir. As the water was released in August 2015 as against June 2015, the yield came down to 25 bags per acre from usual 30-40 bags per acre. Farmers are finding it difficult to sell their depleted stocks at the MSP of Rs 1,450.
With increase in the cultivation costs, many farmers fear that they cannot recover the investment. While, the current selling price in the market is Rs 1,600 a quintal, farmers feel that a price of Rs 2,000 a quintal would leave them at no loss no profit. Leaders of farmers’ organisations contend that fixing of the MSP at Rs1,450 was ‘unjust’. They demand revision in price in view of increased costs.
The leaders allege that the middlemen are crashing the selling price at the time of harvest to wreck the farmers. They urge the State government to initiate action, to tide over the tricky market situation by directly making purchases from farmers.
