10,500 tonnes of paddy procured in Alappuzha
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After the preliminary hiccups, paddy procurement is making good progress in the district.
The Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) has to date procured 10,500 tonnes of paddy from farmers in Kuttanad and different elements of the district in the extra crop (second crop) season.
“We have completed roughly 50 per cent of the procurement. Barring some minor issues, the process is going smooth,” Maya Gopalakrishnan, paddy advertising officer, Supplyco, Alappuzha stated.
Earlier, mills determined to stay away from procurement after they failed to succeed in an settlement with the federal government over compensation for the procured paddy, which acquired destroyed in the 2018 floods. Following this, the federal government determined to rope in cooperative societies to obtain paddy straight from farmers.
However, an absence of storage, amongst different amenities for cooperative societies in the district resulted in a delay in the procurement. The deadlock ended after an settlement was reached between the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) and mill house owners for the procurement of paddy together with in Kuttanad and Palakkad in a high-level assembly final month. As per the settlement reached, mills will cooperate with the Supplyco for a interval of six months.
The yield is anticipated to be decrease this time after the August floods destroyed the extra crop in round 3,500 hectares, a majority in Kuttanad.
However, crop in round 5,300 hectares survived the floods. This was the third yr in a row, Kuttanad suffered crop loss in the extra crop season.
In the final extra crop season (2019), the Supplyco procured 32,977 tonnes of paddy from Alappuzha, whereas procurement in the 2019-20 ‘puncha’ (first) crop season stood at 1.75 lakh tonnes. Meanwhile, farmers have began getting ready fields for the upcoming ‘puncha’ season. Several farmers complained that the seeds offered by the federal government weren’t germinating.
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