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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Maharashtra: Drought and low prices worry gram growers in Marathwada -Partha Sarathi Biswas

Maharashtra: Drought and low prices worry gram growers in Marathwada -Partha Sarathi Biswas

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published Published on Mar 1, 2019   modified Modified on Mar 1, 2019
-The Indian Express

The state has reported 13.13 lakh hectare of chana acreage as compared to 19.77 lakh hectare last year. The acreage had come down this year due to moisture stress from the drought.

Pune: Gram growers in the drought-hit district of Marathwada are facing reduced yield and low prices. Low demand and offloading stock by government agencies have dimmed the prices of good realisation for farmers this year.

Farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada grow gram as a major rabi crop. The crop residue also acts as dry fodder for animals in the summer. Districts of Latur, Osmanabad, Nanded, Akola and Buldhana are major gram growing areas of Maharashtra. The state has reported 13.13 lakh hectare of chana acreage as compared to 19.77 lakh hectare last year. The acreage had come down this year due to moisture stress from the drought.

Besides Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are also major producers of pulses.

Since the start of the harvesting season, gram has been trading below its government declared minimum support price of Rs 4,620 per quintal. At Latur’s wholesale market — the largest pulses market in Maharashtra — the commodity is selling at Rs 4,100-4,120 per quintal. As arrivals are still to pick up further, price drop is not ruled. Chana prices had touched an all-time low last year as sowing area had seen an at least 6-10 per cent increase — despite the import duty of chana having increased to 40 per cent.

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The Indian Express, 1 March, 2019, https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/maharashtra-drought-and-low-prices-worry-gram-growers-in-marathwada-5605971/


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