Social forestry planters in dire straits
The Hindu
Paper mills fail to purchase subabul, eucalyptus and casuarina logs at the price agreed
There has been no end to the woes of social forestry planters in Prakasam district as the paper mills fail to purchase subabul, eucalyptus and casuarina logs as per the prices agreed at the behest of the State government. The woes of the farmers who have raised social forestry plantations with years of toil compounded following import of wood pulp from abroad. Thanks to the encouragement of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Prakasam district stood first in the cultivation of eucalyptus in over 1.10 lakh acres and second in subabul in an extent of 60,000 acres after Krishna district, where it was cultivated in over 62,000 acres, especially in the western parts.More Related News