Ericcanat near virudhunagar, my relative #farmer venkatesan spoke about the situation of farmers in the current carona trouble near virudhunagar.

Farmers are having many food items and flowers like paddy, corn, sugarcane, coconut, ma, guava, banana, vegetable, etc.

The price fixed by the government for paddy is rs. 72 kg pack. It’s 1,300 The amount of rice which is produced in virudhunagar district in virudhunagar district is not even bought by the government’s Paddy purchase station.

90 percent of paddy is sold only from external traders. Vendors only buy rs.

Due to this, farmers have a huge loss. For farmers who cultivate 5 acres of rice, Rs. Loss from 15 thousand to 40 thousand.

Farmers who made ma, guava, banana, vegetable, flower cultivation have been severely affected during the public disable period.

The Flower Business was completely stopped because there was no marriage events and marriage.

Without a person to buy banana, even half the price is not available. Bananas are wasted without selling in many places.

Due to lack of money from the public, buying vegetables were reduced, vegetables were sold for a very low price.

A farmer who cultivated tomato near sri villiputhur, ” took 100 kg of tomato last week. Two persons working rs. 400. to bring tomato to the market rs. In 400. Market, Rs. 7 per kilo tomato got only 700 per kilo. I only got a hundred hands. He said, ” this is how our job is going on.”
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16-6-2020.