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With prices falling, farmers demand MSP for shallots
- | Saturday | 24th February, 2018
"We bought small onion seeds for 150/kg and 600 would be needed for sowing in an acre. TIRUPUR: Farmers have urged the central and state governments to take steps to fix minimum support price ( MSP ) to shallots and help them export the bulbs as the market price has fallen steeply.The farmers placed their request at a grievance redress meeting on Friday. So, the central and state governments should come forward to fix MSP for the crop and take steps to export them. MSP will help farmers to meet or at least break even," he said. Along with Perambalur, Trichy , Dindigul, Namakkal, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar and Coimbatore districts, Tirupur constitute more than 80% of the shallot production in the state.
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