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Traders form syndicate, fleece amchur farmers
The traders of amchur (dried mango powder) formed a syndicate and looting the amchur farmers of Nizamabad market, which is the second largest market for the commodity after Hyderabad.
Nizamabad: The traders of amchur (dried mango powder) formed a syndicate and looting the amchur farmers of Nizamabad market, which is the second largest market for the commodity after Hyderabad.
Besides offering a price lower than the remunerative price, the traders are deducting 4 kg per quintal towards the weight of the gunny bag and paying 8-10 per cent less to those, who seek immediate cash or on-the-spot payment.
This year amchur is priced at Rs 13,500 per quintal on an average. The maximum price quoted for amchur of best quality was Rs 17,300 a quintal and it was Rs 5,700 for inferior quality. Farmers, encouraged by the last year’s maximum price of Rs 28,000 a quintal and an average price of Rs 25,000, converted mangoes into amchur and brought it to the market.
The traders are collecting four kg more towards the weight of the gunny bag per quintal of amchur. At this rate the amount so looted from the farmers is amounting to approximately Rs one lakh per day.
The traders also find another way to loot the farmers. They will pay 8 to 10 per cent less than the price to the farmers, who want cash on the spot. At this rate, the traders profit would be at least Rs 8 to Rs 10 lakh per day.
The traders are also apparently greasing the palms of the officials in the whole process. The amchur farmers are at the receiving end due to lack of bargaining capacity. The district administration is appears to be indifferent over the injustice being meted out by the farmers.
Naveen, a farmer from Sircilla, brought five quintals of amchur to the market as he got Rs 25,000 per quintal last year. But amchur was traded at less than Rs 11,000 a quintal this year. He said that he incurred a loss of about Rs 50,000.
Ramulu, a farmer of Sirpur village of Madnur mandal of Kamareddy district, brought two quintals. The traders purchased the commodity at Rs 7,000 a quintal.
Since Ramulu wants cash on the spot, the traders deduced 8 per cent commission from the total amount. A tenant farmer from Medak, Ramanna said that he has to sell amchur for Rs 5,000 per quintal this year against the last year’s price of Rs 18,000. He lamented that he would not be able to recover the losses.
