MSP for Totapuri mango fails to ease crisis in Tirupati, Chittoor
Tirupati: The mango crisis has intensified in Tirupati and Chittoor districts as the procurement deadlock continues despite the state govt fixing a minimum support price (MSP) of 12 per kg for the "Totapuri" mango variety, predominantly cultivated in these two districts for pulp production.
Although the govt issued orders on June 6 mandating pulp units to procure Totapuri mangoes at 8 per kg — with an additional 4 per kg as a direct subsidy to farmers — the situation remains grim as farmers struggle to sell their produce and heaps of mangoes lie unsold at local mandis across the two districts.
Though the state govt directed the pulp unit owners to procure the mangoes at Rs.8 per kg, several farmers complained that the pulp unit owners were offering them half the price at 4-5 per kg only owing to a slump in the mangoes prices in the neighbouring of Karnataka following a bumper crop.
Though the AP govt issued orders banning the import of mangoes from Karnataka, there was still no respite for the local farmers. On Tuesday, the district collectors of Tirupati and Chittoor huddled into on-field inspections and meetings with the representatives of the pulp units across the two districts to get the situation under control before the crisis further deepens.
According to Tirupati collector S Venkateshwar, about 1.55 lakh MT of Totapuri variety mangoes were produced this year in an extent of 14,582 hectares in Tirupati district alone.
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While 25,000 MT of mangoes have already been harvested, about 1.3 lakh MT of mangoes are yet to be harvested. There are a total of 8 pulp units in the district, which are collectively procuring 2000 MT of mangoes on an average every day.
The scenario is even more bleak in Chittoor district, where 5 lakh MT of Totapuri mangoes were produced by the farmers in an extent of 98,000 acres this year. The 27 mango pulp units have been collectively processing only 7 MT of mangoes on an average every day.
According to Chittoor district-incharge collector G Vidyadhari, once in every two years the mango season witnesses a bumper harvest. In 2023, the pulp units were left behind with 40 MT of mango pulp, which she noted was the main reason behind the reluctance within the pulp units to procure the fruits this season, which again has witnessed a bumper yield this year.
Agriculture minister Kinjarapu Atchannaidu visited Tirupati and Chittoor districts a couple of days ago and tried to reassure the farmers that the govt already set aside 168 cr for subsidies for the mango farmers. However, farmers are struck with fear of suffering huge loss despite a bumper yield this year.
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