Market strategy: Grape farmers in Maharashtra to decide rates of their produce

Notwithstanding the Centre’s final decision to withdraw the farm regulations, grape farmers in Maharashtra have initiated a important sector reform on their personal. After struggling major losses owing to unseasonal rains and sudden variations in the environment in the previous two seasons, grape farmers have fixed to make a decision the prices of clean grapes based on their wide variety and good quality, from the next 12 months.

The Maharashtra Condition Grape Growers’ Association (MSGGA), the apex physique of grape farmers, not long ago held a assembly in Nashik. Vice-President of the Association, Kailas Bhosale, stated the Centre has introduced Minimum amount Support Rate (MSP) for sure crops. But in the scenario of clean grapes, it is the traders who make a decision the price and that, way too, with out thinking about the creation price.

“In the previous two a long time we have incurred major losses owing to unseasonal rains and the selling price of the deliver has dropped in the sector. We have determined that from next period (January), farmers will make a decision the price as per the good quality and wide variety of the grapes. We are not heading to market our deliver to traders under the creation price,” stated Patil.

Pricey exports

Maharashtra is the country’s leading grape producer, accounting for far more than 81.22 per cent of total creation, with the greatest productiveness. In 2020-21, India exported 2,46,107.38 MT valued at Rs 2,298.forty seven crore ($313.fifty seven million).

Vilas Shinde, director of the Association stated, “Export has turn out to be an high-priced affair. In the previous two a long time, the hire on containers has long gone up substantially. Packing prices have also risen. We want to be certain that the improved price of creation is shouldered by consumers or the sector.”

The Centre has introduced the Remission of Obligations or Taxes on Export Product (RoDTEP) to replace the Goods Exports from India Scheme (MEIS). Farmers have demanded that the Authorities boost the grant on the export of grapes to 9 per cent from 3 per cent. Grape farmers have also demanded that the government enable them import plastic handles to safeguard the deliver from unseasonal rains and hail.

The Association members will soon fulfill to finalise their tactic for the coming period. Grape farmers have insisted that farmers will have to have the ideal to make a decision the selling price of the deliver. Traders in the Condition have chosen to retain mum on the improvement and as an alternative are keeping a close eye on the Association’s moves.