On a day dedicated to them, farmers in Kerala are counting losses in two months of unusually heavy rains accompanied by spiralling cost of labour and fertilisers.
Farmers still claim the take-home from farming is peanuts.
P.S. Anas, who is Karimaloor panchayat’s best farmer (mixed crop category), said farming was still not remunerative.
His claim might seem at odds with the prices of bananas and vegetables that have shot through the roof of markets following the rains. The best of bananas (nendran) fetch more than Rs. 50 a kg for farmers. Vegetable cow pea of even inferior quality fetches what a farmer commands.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/kerala-farmers-take-home-losses/article5029778.ece
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