Coffee to be procured from marginal farmers in Wayanad
The Hindu
Agriculture department will pay a premium of ₹10 a kg
The Agriculture department is preparing to procure coffee from marginal farmers in the district under the Wayanad package. Coffee will be procured paying a premium of ₹10 a kg than the market price of the produce, say department sources.
The government has allotted ₹50 lakh to procure 455 tonnes of coffee through the wholesale agriculture market at Ammayippalam. The department is planning to procure 250 kg of coffee each from 70 farmers in a civic body in the district.
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