Updated: Share Article AAA The Andhra Pradesh government is fully geared to step up market intervention in a big way to ensure fair price to farmers for their produce, said Agriculture Mission Vice-Chairman M.V.S. Nagi Reddy. Despite the economic downturn in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, farm produce worth ₹18,873.84 crore had been procured from farmers last year as the market price for various crops fell below the minimum support price announced by the Centre, he said in a conversation with The Hindu here. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is Chairman of the mission, was particular that at least one-third of the crop produced by farmers should be procured by MARKFED and other agencies to ensure market buoyancy, he said.