The farmers said they can be bailed out of troubles
only if they get a good MSP as they had already incurred heavy loss due to crop
failure. It is expected that this time the harvesting period would be delayed
by two months due to late sowing. Cotton was sown in 3.10 lakh hectares in
Adilabad district.
Farmers said they got nearly Rs 4,000 per quintal
for cotton last year in the open market but the same price would not be
sufficient this year, due to the heavy rise in investment cost this kharif. However, it is expected that the private cotton traders are likely to offer
good price for cotton than the MSP announced by the central government as the
cotton yield is likely to drop heavily this year, when compared to last year.
The cotton farmers want the state government to
mount pressure on the central government seeking a hike in the MSP for cotton.
The farmers said they should be given at least Rs 7,000-Rs 8,000 per quintal in
the open market to bail them out of debts. The central government
announced an MSP of Rs 4,050 for fine quality cotton and Rs 3,750 for medium
quality for kharif 2014-15.
Kotnak Ramesh of Ruyyadi village in Talamadudu
mandal said the Centre should doubt the present MSP to save the distressed
farmers. He said he went for a third showing in his 20 acres and that seeds
germinated only in 6 acres. He said he had incurred a loss of Rs 70,000 due to
crop failure.
There are many other farmers like Ramesh who have
pinned hopes on the announcement of bonus on cotton by the Centre.
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