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In poll-bound Maharashtra, Congress rakes up cotton purchase issue as Nana Patole writes to PM Modi
November 03, 2024 3:41 pm
Nana Patole urged PM Modi to immediately ban cotton imports and ask the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to purchase at the MSP.
Dip in sowing area, fear of low yield due to rain pushes cotton prices up in Gujarat
September 19, 2024 7:25 am
Prices of cotton or kapaas (unginned seed cotton) have been rallying since the last week of August, going past the 8,500-per quintal mark at the agricultural produce market committee (APMC) mandis in Gujarat. This is the highest figure in around three years, according to traders.
Double trouble: Maharashtra’s Marathwada, Vidarbha farmers face losses amid lower yields, poor prices of cotton and soyabean
November 01, 2023 2:46 am
The easy import of edible oil, solvent and extractors said, is responsible for the price drop.
Why area under cotton cultivation is likely to shrink this kharif
June 08, 2023 10:31 am
Kapas is a long-duration crop harvested over 4-5 pickings. The first picking itself takes 100-120 days, with subsequent ones following every 15-20 days.
That pulses are not prioritised speaks of perverse policies that encourage crops requiring more water and chemical fertilisers
August 04, 2022 9:07 am
The primary driver in this is, however, prices. Soyabean is trading roughly 50 per cent above its minimum support price (MSP).
Rains, falling prices prompt farmers to shift from pulses to soyabean, cotton
August 01, 2022 12:47 pm
According to the Union Agriculture Ministry’s latest compiled data as of July 29, farmers have so far sown 106.18 lakh hectares (lh) area under pulses in the current kharif cropping season from June 1. This is above last year’s corresponding area coverage of 103.23 lh.
Gujarat: Cotton prices stay low despite CCI’s purchase of 11 lakh bales
July 01, 2020 5:34 am
CCI officials said they have purchased more than 11 lakh bales (each containing 170 kg of lint) or 55 lakh quintals of kapas (raw, unginned seed cotton)in the 2019-20 season, the highest procurement from Gujarat since 2008.
For better cotton prices, farmer’s son kills himself
December 18, 2014 1:06 am
The 21-year-old farmer’s son was studying in third year of BSc in Ahmedabad.
Govt to reimburse Rs 719 cr to CCI for buying cotton at MSP
June 28, 2013 2:32 pm
Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) incurred losses while buying the fibre at minimum support price.
Poor cotton prices forces farmers stir
April 17, 2014 5:47 pm
With cotton prices dropping from Rs 7,000 a quintal last year to Rs 4,000 per quintal this time around,angry farmers in Bathinda gheraoed the office of the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) on Tuesday.
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