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STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Less than half of the farmers, who had registered their names for selling paddy in the 2021-22 Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) of paddy procurement, sold paddy. The farmers in the State are enthusiastic about selling paddy this season (KMS 2022-23) with the hike in MSP (Minimum Support Price) by the Centre.
In KMS 2021-22, the paddy procurement started on October 1, 2021, and ended on September 30, 2022.
According to reports from the Assam Agriculture Department, over one lakh farmers registered their names for selling paddy at MSP (Minimum Support Price) at Rs 1,940 per quintal, fixed by the Centre in 2021-22. However, only 43,937 farmers could sell paddy during that procurement season. They sold 5,65,643 MT of paddy against the Government's procurement target of 10,03,200 MT.
According to sources in the department, the Nagaon district performed the best in the 2021-22 KMS paddy procurement season. As many as 9,100 farmers sold 98,731 MT of paddy in the district. In the Hojai district, 8,607 farmers sold 85,849 MT of paddy in that season. In the Dhubri district, 5,995 farmers sold 59,931 MT of paddy. In the Morigaon district, 4,418 farmers sold 44507 MT of paddy. As many as 4,152 farmers from Karbi Anglong sold 54,721 MT of paddy.
In 16 districts, over 1,000 farmers each took part in the paddy procurement system in 2021-22. The rest of the districts in the State had less than 1,000 farmers taking part in the paddy procurement.
However, the paddy procurement in fiscal 2022-23 registered a good start. As many as 1,68,858 farmers have applied for registration so far, and 1,20,114 of the farmers have already registered their names. KMS 2022-23 began on October 1, 2022. With the Centre raising the MSP to Rs 2,040 per quintal in this procurement season against Rs 1,940 per quintal in the last procurement season, the farmers are enthusiastic.
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