Shortage of harvesting machines puts Wayanad farmers in a fix
The Hindu
‘Middlemen exploiting farmers by demanding exorbitant charges for machines’
Even as time is ripe to begin preparations for the second crop (Punja) in Wayanad, a majority of paddy fields are yet to be harvested owing to shortage of workers and harvesting machines.
Shortage of workers for harvesting is a major concern for farmers in the district, and the arrival of harvesting machines from Salem in Tamil Nadu was their mainstay.
But the dearth of harvesting machines this season has driven thousands of farmers in Panamaram, Kottathara, Meenangadi, Mananthavady, Thirunelli, Thariyodu, Noolpuzha, Vellamunda, Padinharethara, Sulthan Bathery, Nenmeni, Muttil and Ambalavayal grama panchayats into crisis.
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