Northeast Confederation Small tea grower's Affiliation mentioned,” With due respect, we hereby request you to introduce a mechanism for a-fair and remunerative value of inexperienced tea leaves to guard the small tea growers from market price-volatility. So far as we all know, Minimal Assist Value (MSP) is relevant to 22 agricultural crops and is a value assure set by the Authorities to guard farmers from value drops within the open market, thereby making certain honest value to farmers for his or her produce. “
The physique added, “One other profitable and time examined mechanism to make sure honest value to sugarcane farmers is Truthful and Remunerative Value (FRP). Tea is half agriculture and half trade. Small tea growers have interaction within the cultivation and harvesting of tea leaves, which is a type of agriculture / farming. We due to this fact, earnestly request you to introduce Minimal Assist Value (MSP) or Truthful and Remunerative Value (FRP) for inexperienced tea leaves produced by Small Tea Growers (STGs). The current Value Sharing Formulation (PSF) or declaration of Common Inexperienced Leaf Value (AGLP) district smart & month smart by the Tea Board is just not serving to the tea growers; moderately it's creating rift between tea growers and tea producers. We'd additionally wish to request you to increase all schemes underneath the Agriculture Ministry to the small tea growers. Small tea growers want extra assist from Authorities in offering plucking machine, i pruning machine, fencing and irrigation. It will likely be of nice assist if fertilizer and accepted pesticides might be supplied to STGs at a particular price.”
