Low grade tobacco pours cold water on farmers’ high expectations
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Excessive rainfall led to the poor quality, say officials
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Excessive rainfall led to the poor quality, say officials
A large percentage of tobacco cultivated in the State during the crop season 2020-21 turned out to be low grade, hitting many tobacco farmers hard.
Out of the 88.42 million kg of tobacco which was sold during the recently concluded auction season in Karnataka, as much as 39.11 million kg was graded as low while 35.81 million kg was graded as medium and the remaining 13.5 million kg as bright.
According to Manjunath, Regional Manager of Tobacco Board, Mysuru, the average price commanded by bright grade tobacco was ₹182.77 per kg and medium grade fetched ₹138.76 kg. However, the low grade tobacco was sold for an average price of only ₹80.88 per kg.