Budget brings cheers to coffee growers
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MSP for Robusta coffee increased to ₹90 a kg
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MSP for Robusta coffee increased to ₹90 a kg
Coffee farmer organisations have welcomed the budgetary provisions for supporting coffee farmers in Wayanad district, a major Robusta coffee growing area in the country.
Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac in his budget speech on Friday increased the minimum support price (MSP) for a kg of raw Robusta coffee to ₹90.
“At a time when coffee growers in the district are reeling under severe crisis owing to the low price of the produce and and higher input cost, we welcome the announcement’, Prasanth Rajesh, president, Wayanad Coffee Growers Association, told