*After millet, farmers are forced to sell cotton.*
After millet and other Kharif crops, cotton farmers are also not receiving the Minimum Support Price (MSP) as traders cite the poor quality of the produce. The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), which intervenes in the market when prices fall below the MSP, has not yet started procurement, leaving farmers frustrated.
According to farmers, the recent heavy rains have caused them heavy losses during the Kharif season. Dayanand Singh, a farmer from Kirtan village who sowed cotton on two acres, said, "Now, government agencies are not buying even our produce. We have no choice but to sell it to private traders at throwaway prices." Some of his cotton crop survived the rains, and he hoped to at least cover his costs by selling it.
Mukesh Kumar, another farmer from Ladvi village, who had sown cotton on four acres of land, said that his crop was washed away in the recent rains. "Still, we were able to harvest some cotton and were hoping to get a fair price. But private traders are offering around 6,000 rupees per quintal, which is completely inadequate," he said.
Farmer leaders demanded that the Central Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (CCI) take steps to stabilize market prices for cotton so that farmers can receive the MSP. The central government has fixed the MSP at 7,860 rupees per quintal for 27 mm quality cotton and 8,910 rupees per quintal for better 28 mm quality cotton. However, farmers are being forced to sell their produce at prices far below the MSP.
However, traders said that the produce arriving in the markets is of very poor quality. They said this could further drive down prices.
A CCI official stated that they would soon begin purchasing cotton at the MSP, adding that the recent heavy rains had degraded the quality of the crop.
"The moisture content of the cotton is still high. Furthermore, we are in talks with the government and ginning mills to supply the procured cotton to mills," the official said.
This year, approximately 380,000 hectares of cotton is being cultivated in Haryana, a figure that has been gradually decreasing every year. "The recent rains in September and October have severely affected the crop, and bollworm and root rot have been observed in the cotton plants," the official said.
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