Nagpur: The Vidarbha Cotton Association (VCA), is going to be. Its members, over 400 ginners, cotton growers, traders and brokers, have given a call to boycott the annual tender of the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), which buys cash crops from farmers at the minimum support price (MSP). The call for protest may shock the farmers of the region, disrupting the procurement cycle.
CCI does ginning during ginners' meetings held at Hinganghat Kalmeshwar on Tuesday and after buying cotton from farmers. Cotton Ginning and Pressing Tenders are invited inviting ginners to process the raw stock. Cotton bales are made by the Bureau of Indian Standards. Research: Ginners to boycott Cotton Corporation's tenders on BIS certification.
Various parameters, changes in climatic conditions, waste content, multiple harvesting seasons affect the final characteristics of cotton. VCA members say, CCI then stores the bales in its godowns where these are further taken for processing into yarn, in textile mills to make cloth and apparel.
BIS proceeds on the basic premise that the arrival of quality raw cotton is not in their hands. “BIS can be applied on a product like gold, but not on lumps. Farmers start bringing raw cotton from October, while November to April is the peak season. Many farmers of Maharashtra have kept their stocks withheld till now. It is expected to get good price in August also. Irfan Khoje, a ginner and VCA member from Narkhed, said it is practically not possible to meet the BIS norms. “We are processors, not manufacturers. Not only ginners, but farmers will also suffer a lot by ignoring these rules,'' he said.
Another member of the VCA, Bhavesh Shah said that ginning is happening. The industry is directly linked to the farmers. Processing of the best cotton is sometimes delayed in ginning
It rains or gets mixed with the leaves. If BIS forces us, then we have to ask farmers to bring desirable quality. If we do this, the gendarmes will be seen as anti-farmer,” he said.
It is almost certain that it will be impossible for farmers to bring cotton as per BIS norms, said Narendra Chandak, a farmer and ginner. “BIS is not applicable on any agricultural commodity. Quality checks should not be imposed on us,'' Chandak ji said.
Cotton consultant Govind Vairale believes that moisture is the only constraint. While the rest of the parameters can be complied with. at the beginning of the cotton season. So the moisture percentage stipulation should be relaxed from 8% to 12%. Later, the moisture should be up to 8%. All other specifications can be done. Should not be implemented as per BIS norms,” he said.
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