Hyderabad: After the fiasco in the Khammam agricultural market in April, when farmers ransacked it over a steep fall in chilli prices, the Telangana government has now asked the Prof. Jayshankar Agriculture University to research price trends and develop a model for crop harvest forecasting that could prevent such farmer distress. In the last week of April, angry farmers sacked the market yard in Khammam district after chilli prices plummeted from Rs10,000-12,000 per quintal last year to Rs3,000-5,000 this year. Hence prices fell,” said a senior officer from the agricultural marketing department, requesting anonymity. G. Lakshmi Bai, director, Telangana agricultural marketing department, said the agriculture university experts have also been tasked to research international prices of crops and the import and export scenarios of other countries, with regard to farm produce. “We want to advice farmers on crop situations and also some price forecasting,” she added.

Source: Mint July 02, 2017 18:22 UTC