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Hike in fertiliser prices puts farmers in a spot Updated: Updated: Lack of govt. subsidy schemes add to their woes Share Article Lack of govt. subsidy schemes add to their woes Farmers across the State who are grappling with the dwindling crop yield and price fall of agriculture produce have called upon Union and State governments to do something immediately to arrest the increasing market prices of fertilisers and chemicals. Leaders of major farmers’ organisations say the increasing farm input cost subsequent to the fertiliser price hike will take the ailing agriculture sector to a serious crisis. “NPK, one of the essential nutrient mixes and the most sought-after fertiliser product comprising nitrogen phosphorus and potassium, costs ₹35,500 a tonne. It was just ₹24,000 till very recently,” says Johnson Kulathingal, general secretary of Kerala Karshaka Union in the State. He points out that the prices of di-ammonium phosphate and other pho ....
Farmers at stake as fertiliser prices go up Updated: Updated: May 06, 2021 14:49 IST The leaders of Indian Farmers Movement and the Malayora Karshaka Samiti say the price hike of the fertilisers can be controlled only by restricting the supremacy of various private fertiliser giants in the price fixing mechanism. Share Article AAA A coconut farm on the verge of ruin near Puthiyangadi in Kozhikode district. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The leaders of Indian Farmers Movement and the Malayora Karshaka Samiti say the price hike of the fertilisers can be controlled only by restricting the supremacy of various private fertiliser giants in the price fixing mechanism. ....