Vijayawada: The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) is operating 71 procurement centres in the state to assist the cotton growers.
The CCI said that for the 2021-22 season, they have opened 30 procurement centres besides 41 procurement points at notified ginning and pressing factories, said CCI Guntur branch manager G Sai Aditya.
He added the Centre has announced a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 6,025 per quintal for the current season. This is the rate at which cotton is being purchased at the Adoni market at Rs 7,689 per quintal and this year, the highest amount paid to the farmers has been Rs 8,219 per quintal, Sai Aditya said.
“The CCI does not procure cotton that does not belong to the Fair Average Quality (FAQ) grade,” he sad. The CCI is particular about the procurement of FAQ grade cotton, which is determined by the moisture level, which should range between 8 per cent and 12 per cent. “If the moisture is above 12 per cent, the CCI will not procure it,” Sai Aditya asserted.
Further, the CCI does not procure immature cotton or those with red, yellow or black marks as such cotton is below the FAQ grade, he added. The rains have damaged the cotton crop this season, leaving the CCI unable to procure cotton in these places.
The CCI said that for the 2021-22 season, they have opened 30 procurement centres besides 41 procurement points at notified ginning and pressing factories, said CCI Guntur branch manager G Sai Aditya.
He added the Centre has announced a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 6,025 per quintal for the current season. This is the rate at which cotton is being purchased at the Adoni market at Rs 7,689 per quintal and this year, the highest amount paid to the farmers has been Rs 8,219 per quintal, Sai Aditya said.
“The CCI does not procure cotton that does not belong to the Fair Average Quality (FAQ) grade,” he sad. The CCI is particular about the procurement of FAQ grade cotton, which is determined by the moisture level, which should range between 8 per cent and 12 per cent. “If the moisture is above 12 per cent, the CCI will not procure it,” Sai Aditya asserted.
Further, the CCI does not procure immature cotton or those with red, yellow or black marks as such cotton is below the FAQ grade, he added. The rains have damaged the cotton crop this season, leaving the CCI unable to procure cotton in these places.
