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Production of 28 lakh bales of cotton expected for kharif
Farmers have sown cotton in 6 lakh hectares in the State during the kharif season. This is 2 lakh hectares higher than the last season.As the cotton farmers got better price, the farmers cultivating other crops shifted to cotton. As a result, cotton sowing increased to 6 lakh hectares in the State. If the same situation continues, the Agriculture Marketing Department is expecting that farmers will
Guntur: Farmers have sown cotton in 6 lakh hectares in the State during the kharif season. This is 2 lakh hectares higher than the last season.As the cotton farmers got better price, the farmers cultivating other crops shifted to cotton. As a result, cotton sowing increased to 6 lakh hectares in the State. If the same situation continues, the Agriculture Marketing Department is expecting that farmers will get 28 lakh bales yield during the current season.
Highlights:
- Cotton was sown in 6 lakh hectares in the State marking an increase of 2 lakh hectares over last year
- CCI to open 43 centres to purchase cotton from farmers
- Centre fixes a price of Rs 4,320 per quintal this year as against Rs 4,160 last year
The yield is expected to arrive in the market by November second week. The Central government fixed a price of Rs 4,320 per quintal as against 4,160 per quintal during the last year.
The Cotton Corporation of India will open 43 centres to purchase cotton from the farmers. These centres will be set up in the agriculture marketing yards. These centres will be opened in Guntur, Prakasam, Krishna, Kurnool, Anantapur, East and West Godavari districts, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts. The CCI officials wrote a letter to Agriculture Marketing
Commissioner Samuel Anand Kumar to this effect. Following request of the CCI, the agriculture marketing department will make necessary arrangements to set up these centres. Demand for cotton is increasing both in domestic market and globally.
If the demand persists, the private buyers may offer better price for cotton in the open market.
T Bhaskara Reddy, an official in the Agriculture Marketing Department said, “ The demand for cotton is increasing in the domestic and international market. If the same situation continues, the private buyers may officer better than the CCI like last year. If the private buyers offer a better price, the farmers will sell cotton to them and they will be benefited.
When the price falls in the open market, they will sell cotton in the CCI counters. The CCI will try to get MSP to the cotton farmers.”
A sambasiva Rao, a cotton farmer from Tadikonda said, “ There is need to increase MSP for cotton because the cost of cultivation is increasing. During 2015-16, MSP for cotton was Rs 4,100 per quintal, in 2016-17, it was 4,160, during this season it is Rs.4,320. There is a need to increase MSP for cotton to do justice to the farmers.”
By V L Syam Sundar
