Andhra to sell super-fine rice at ₹50 a kg, onions at ₹35, and pay MSP to move farmers off paddy
Full MSP procurement promised for ragi, red gram and black gram, and up to 30% of green gram, chickpea, groundnut and sunflower, to move 8.81 lakh hectares out of paddy and chilli this rabi
The Government of Andhra Pradesh announced plans to shift 8.81 lakh hectares of land from paddy cultivation to alternative crops such as pulses, maize, and oilseeds this rabi season. Through Rythu Bazars, super-fine rice will be sold at ₹50 a kg and onions at ₹35 a kg. The government will procure 100% of ragi, red gram, and black gram at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and procure the entire quantity of green manure seeds produced by farmers.
The crop diversification plan aims to cultivate chickpea on 1.88 lakh hectares, maize on 1.51 lakh hectares, and black gram on 1.27 lakh hectares.
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