Farmers have lost nearly ₹7,900 crore in the last two years due to falling prices, rising input costs and inadequate government support, alleges Nagi Reddy
Farmers in Andhra Pradesh have suffered a loss of nearly ₹7,900 crore in the last two years due to the “anti-farmer policies and administrative failures” of the TDP-led NDA government, alleges YSRCP general secretary in-charge of agriculture and farmers’ welfare M.V.S. Nagi Reddy.
Addressing the media at the party central office at Tadepalli on Sunday, Mr. Nagi Reddy said the agriculture sector was slipping into a deep crisis, while the government remained indifferent. He claimed that farmers cultivating paddy, tobacco, maize and Bengal gram incurred losses during the last two rabi seasons because of falling prices, rising input costs and inadequate government support.