Summer rain brings cheer to farmers in Wayanad
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‘Prolonged dry spell had caused moisture depletion in soil’
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Workers being engaged in planting ginger rhizomes at a farm at Karachal in Wayanad district.
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‘Prolonged dry spell had caused moisture depletion in soil’
Summer rain in the past four days has brought cheer to farmers, especially coffee farmers in Wayanad, a major Robusta coffee and ginger growing region in the State.
“The prolonged dry spell had caused moisture depletion in the soil and it was leading to a drought-like situation,” K. Ajith Kumar, Associate Director of Research, RARS, told
Budget promise fails to perk up coffee market
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Government yet to procure Robusta crop at MSP of ₹90 as announced in Budget
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Government yet to procure Robusta crop at MSP of ₹90 as announced in Budget
A month ago, Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac announced in the Budget a minimum support price (MSP) of ₹90 for a kg of Robusta raw cherry, with the intention of supporting coffee farmers in the district. The announcement is yet to make any impact in the coffee market, according to Prasanth Rajesh, president, Wayanad Coffee Growers Association (WCGA).
The market price of raw coffee berries on Saturday in Wayanad was ₹65 a kg as against ₹68 a kg during the corresponding period last year. The price for the commodity was ₹63 a month ago and the slight increase in price was in proportion to an increase in the international price of the produce, Mr. Rajesh said.
Budget brings cheers to coffee growers
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MSP for Robusta coffee increased to ₹90 a kg
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MSP for Robusta coffee increased to ₹90 a kg
Coffee farmer organisations have welcomed the budgetary provisions for supporting coffee farmers in Wayanad district, a major Robusta coffee growing area in the country.
Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac in his budget speech on Friday increased the minimum support price (MSP) for a kg of raw Robusta coffee to ₹90.
“At a time when coffee growers in the district are reeling under severe crisis owing to the low price of the produce and and higher input cost, we welcome the announcement’, Prasanth Rajesh, president, Wayanad Coffee Growers Association, told
Erratic rain deepens coffee farmers’ woes
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The falling price of Robusta coffee, erratic rain in the midst of harvest, and dearth of workers are deepening the worries of coffee farmers in Wayanad, a major coffee growing region in the State.
The spot prices of Robusta coffee and raw cherry on Saturday in the Wayanad market was ₹62 to ₹64 a kg as against ₹71 to ₹72 a kg a month ago. Whereas the price of Robusta coffee beans (cleaned coffee) declined from ₹125 a kg to ₹115 a kg.