Do not resort to panic selling during lockdown, Areca Growers’ Association tells farmers in Karnataka
April 28, 2021
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Arecanut cooperatives in the State are buying the commodity to a limited extent while adhering to the Covid protocols
The All-India Areca Growers’ Association (AIAGA) has asked arecanut growers not to resort to panic selling of the commodity in the wake of 14-day lockdown in Karnataka. The Karnataka government has implemented a 14-day lockdown from April 27 to May 12 to control the Covid spread in the state.
Speaking to
BusinessLine, Mahesh Puchhappady, General Secretary of the AIAGA, said some growers suffered losses as they rushed to sell arecanut after panicking during the lockdown in 2020. The main reason for the panic selling then was the reduction in the prices of arecanut by private traders at that time.
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Unseasonal rain hits arecanut processing
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Unseasonal rain in the coastal belt in the last week has hit processing of arecanut harvested by farmers. Arecanut growers are now sun drying the arecanut harvested since over a month.
Drenching of arecanut spread over in the yards will affect the quality of produce, said Ramesh Kaintaje, an agriculturist from near Mani.
Farmers sun dry arecanut harvested for between 48 days and 60 days. If a majority of farmers have now completed the first harvest, a few farmers have even completed the second harvest and are sun drying it. The produce in the yards has become wet in the sudden and unexpected rainfall. This is the peak season of arecanut processing where it is left drying in the sun. Rainfall has hit 50 % of the harvested produce of some farmers, he said.