Tobacco farmers press for Markfed intervention
The Hindu
About 20 million kg, mostly low grade varieties, yet to be marketed
Farmers had struggled to produce quality tobacco in the traditional growing areas of Nellore and Prakasam districts despite unseasonal rains under the influence of the very severe cyclonic storm, Nivar, which forced them to go for re-plantation. Farmers in the Southern Black Soil (SBS) and Southern Light Soil (SLS) regions were hoping to get a decent returns, thanks to better than expected grade out-turn with the bright and medium grade varieties accounting for a majority of the crop. But their hopes were dashed as the prices went southwards in the auctions that had been disrupted by the second wave of COVID-19 during the peak marketing season for the second year in a row.
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