Vidarbha farmers demands uniform price for sugarcane
in Maharashtra
While extending unconditional
support to on going sugarcane farmers demands and on going protest for higher
procurement price ,Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti ,farmer lobby group in vidarbha
raised demand that three slab pricing formula will be injustice to sugarcane
growers of Vidarbha-Marathawada
as in the whole Maharashtra Poor sugarcane crop is leading to
cultivators demanding a higher price for their produce from sugar cooperatives,
most of which are controlled by the Congress-NCP ministers and BJP Leaders . Maharashtra is expected to have an output of just 536
lakh metric tons (LMT) this year as compared to last year’s 756 LMT. While the
2011-12 crushing season saw about 167 sugar factories functioning, the number
this year is expected to drop to 136,crop failure has been caused due to poor
rains as well sudden rise in cost cultivation ,Kishore Tiwari Vidarbha
Janandolan Samiti informed in press release today.
“The settle formula of best
quality sugarcane per ton is based on the calculation that one ton sugarcane
give one quintal sugar and sugar average
market minus processing charges should to decide tentative price but now sugar
is not only prime product of sugar factories and “Ethanol and Power” are main cost deciding factors hence low
yield of sugar is nothing but higher
production of “Ethanol and Power” hence we are demanding uniform price
for a first advance and total
procurement price in order to save debt trapped sugarcane farmers of
Maharashtra” Tiwari added.
Last year three slab formula was adopted and
vidarbha-marathawda sugarcane growers were given step-motherly treatment which
is likely to be repeated to stop on going protest which will add fuel existing
agrarian crisis of dry land region on rest of Maharashtra where sugarcane is being promoted by all
party political ethanol cartel, hence this demand
“The existing unrest among
sugarcane farmers is multiple issues one that the sugar mills have begun
operations without giving last year’s final rate and this year’s first advance
to farmers moreover higher price to sugarcane can be compensated by giving
higher price to ethanol but even after sugar is trade @Rs.4000 quintal till
sugar factory lobby is not ready to pay sustainable price to sugarcane that is
most unfortunate” Tiwari asked. .
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