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Good prices likely this ‘rabi’ season

Tuticorin: Farmers cultivating rain-fed crops in the district can look forward to fetch attractive prices for their produce in the ensuing ‘rabi’ season if they grow maize, gingelly and groundnut as suggested by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU).

The Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC) of Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development Studies (CARDS) at TNAU, has forecast prices for these crops, considered by the cell as most favoured for the season, based on surveys in major markets and analysis of price behaviour of these crops this year.

“The price projections have been made adopting ‘artificial neuro network’ technique,” N. Raveendran, project coordinator of DEMIC of CARDS, said.

Accordingly, maize could move in the Rs. 725-Rs. 850 per quintal range band, groundnut in the Rs. 27-Rs 28 per kg of pods price band and gingelly prices at Rs. 44-Rs 47 a kg at harvest (between October and December).

Dr. Raveendran said that higher and wider price range was projected for maize this time as trade information and survey analysis indicated supply crunch in the domestic market owing to increased export estimates, lesser arrival of the crop in the market during July-August and increased demand from poultry industry.

However, with the export of maize having been suspended till October 15, the DEMIC expect the price to rule around Rs. 900 per quintal till September end and then decrease to rule steady after arrivals from markets outside the State.

Regarding gingelly prices, which is cultivated mainly in Adi and Karthigai seasons, Dr. Raveendran said that shift in cropping pattern from gingelly to sunflower and floods in West Bengal, a main producer of the crop, had boosted the prices across the country.

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