Include groundnut in FBY: CPI
At Guddalapalle village in Garladinne mandal, the farmers told him that the groundnut crop even after 50 days of sowing was showing stunted growth and the yield was also of poor quality. The farmers blamed the stunted growth on a pest they could not identify.
Garladinne (Anantapur): CPI State secretary K Rama Krishna visited several villages in Garladinne and Bukkarayasamudram mandals and interacted with groundnut farmers there.
At Guddalapalle village in Garladinne mandal, the farmers told him that the groundnut crop even after 50 days of sowing was showing stunted growth and the yield was also of poor quality. The farmers blamed the stunted growth on a pest they could not
identify.
The duration of groundnut crop is 110 days. The crop is supposed to register fairly good growth within the first 21 days and even better growth after 40 days of sowing.
Rama Krishna urged Agriculture Minister Pulla Rao and district collector Kona Sasidhar to study the crop conditions and find out whether the stunted growth was widespread or restricted to limited pockets.
CPI district secretary D Jagadeesh demanded that the Central government's 'Fasal Bima Yojana'(FBY) be applied to groundnut crop as well which is spread in 5.9 lakh hectares in the district. CPI district leaders Jaffer and Narayana Swamy were present.
