According to sources district In-charge and education minister Madhu Bangarappa said that the state government is committed to solving the problems of groundnut growers in the hilly Nadu region. He spoke after releasing the commemorative issue of 'Golden Step' at the Golden Jubilee program organized by the town's prestigious Nut Processing and Marketing Cooperative Society on Sunday. A new drug is needed to find a permanent cure for this. He said that talks have been held with the chief minister about this.

                                    

Meanwhile he said that the congress government in the state will work for farmers during its tenure. mla Gopalakrishna said while inaugurating the new administrative office of the Belur organization, the central government should show willpower to control the import of peanuts from abroad. Furthermore international agreement should be kept aside and attention should be paid to the interest of groundnut growers. A meeting will be held under the leadership of the minister with scientists to solve various problems including leaf spot disease which is a curse for groundnut growers. There should be a system for distribution of medicine to growers at subsidized rates. Farmers need government support if they want to be strong. He said that the congress government of the state will stand in support of the farmers.


Moreover the organization that brought self-respect to groundnut growers: Chairman of the organization K.M. Suryanarayan spoke in the introduction, in 1973 the condition of the groundnut growers in the highlands was deplorable. The present rate of 1 kg of adake was then for 1 quintal of adake. The groundnut market was crushed under the grip of private mandis. There was a pitiful situation where the cultivators had to stand before the mandi owners with folded hands and ask for money or loans due to them. In such dire situation, LT Hegade, U. Ofscos started under the leadership of Mahabala Rao etc. The organization not only brought self-respect to the groundnut growers, but also led to the economic revival of the growers. He recalled that by providing loan facility at low interest rate, it worked to uphold the livelihood of groundnut growers
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17/08/2023 03:06 PM