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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Has cotton failed the farmers in Telangana yet again? -P Krishna

Has cotton failed the farmers in Telangana yet again? -P Krishna

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published Published on Mar 8, 2018   modified Modified on Mar 8, 2018
-The New Indian Express

SANGAREDDY: Cotton farmers from the district, who were hopeful of a good yield and had planned to clear the debts, are once again disappointed. Thanks to the pest attack and seasonal changes, there was less yield of cotton crop this season.Farmers who are cultivating crops on leased lands in most of the villages in Sadasivpet mandal were disappointed with the low yield. In the last five days, two cotton farmers have committed suicide and locals are a worried lot and they feel that other farmers too might take an extreme step.

Farmers from Atmakur, Bobbilagam, Pottipally and other villages in Sadasivpet mandal have one or two acres of land in addition to which they had taken land for lease for cultivation of cotton. Normally, 15 quintals of cotton is produced in one acre of land, which fetches about `2.50 lakh. The farmers had taken 20-30 acres of land on lease for the cultivation of cotton and had taken debts for it.  According to official figures, as many as 700-800 farmers have cultivated cotton crop in Sadasivpet mandal and most of them were tenant farmers.

Talari Vasu from Bobbiligam village said that tenant farmers have agreed to pay Rs. 20,000-Rs. 25,000 per acre to the land owners and a few farmers had already paid some advance. He added that each farmer had taken Rs. 4- Rs. 5 lakh debts for paying advance to land owner, cultivation and others. He said that cotton crop has been completely infested by pests in Sadasivpet mandal and it is difficult to get even three quintals of cotton per acre.

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The New Indian Express, 6 March, 2018, http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2018/mar/06/has-cotton-failed-the-farmers-in-telangana-yet-again-1782656.html


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