Maharashtra reports
Bt.cotton failure in 4 Million Hector – Thousands Cotton Farmers to Council Hall
Nagpur on 11th December for compensation
First time Maharashtra officially
admitted that this year cotton yield like to lower down by 40% form 3.5 million
quintal to 2.2 million quintal due to Bt.cotton failure in more than 4 million
hectors net direct economic loss of Maharashtra cotton farmers to tune of
Rs.6000 crore where as accumulated losses
likely to cross more than Rs.20,000 crore due to steep rise in
cultivation cost v.i.z. Bt.cotton seed ,fertilizer, pesticide and labor hence Bt.cotton failure which was
reported in part of vidarbha and Marathawada now more reports of cotton crop
failure is surfaced from khandesh and north Maharashtra and this crop failure will add fuel to on
going agrarian crisis and Maharashtra farmers suicides number is likely to
cross over 5000 this year in comparison to around 3500 last year which was highest in
among all states of India as per record of NCRB ,Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan
Samiti ,activist group working for rights of farmers since 1997 informed in
press release today .
“This third year in row Bt.cotton
failure is being reported last year Govt. of Maharashtra paid Rs.2000 crore to
4 million cotton farmers as relief compensation and this year too same
situation which is forcing cotton farmers kill themselves .last year Bt.cotton
failure was restricted to dry land farmers of Maharashtra but this year even
progressive farmers who are having irrigation facility has severely
effected with low yield of the Bt.cotton where as cost of cultivation in Maharashtra
averaging out to be @ Rs.50,000/- per hector in comparison to Rs.30,000/- per
hector of last year .Maharashtra is having Bt.cotton cultivation as per
official record in 4.2 million which largest in all states but has been
reported lowest cotton yield of around 5 quintal per hector since 2006 now new
official estimates likely to report 3 quintal per hector which is returning around Rs.12000 per hector
resulting in more than Rs.38,000 per hector net loss to debt trapped distressed
farmers hence serious consideration and white paper on Maharashtra cotton
farmer is must hence we are marching on 11th December to council
hall in which thousands of farmers will participate along with hundreds of
widows ” Tiwari added.
‘More than 5 million cotton
farmers of Maharashtra demands Rs.20,000/- pr hector compensation for Bt.cotton
failure ,fresh crop loan to every farmer for next khariff season and food
security and free health and education to distressed debt trapped farmers along
with work in each farmer field under MGREGA related land development, soil enrichment
and watershed development hence this protest and we hope that state will
come out relief package directly targeting dying farmers not benefiting
contractors and corrupt politicians ’ Tiwari urged .
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