The fields in front of us used to be for rice cultivation during my childhood. Now the land is used for cultivating tapioca. It is easier to cultivate them and the farmer gets good return from this. The pine apple and tapioca cultivation are common in rural areas.
The truck owner told me that they are transporting this load to Ernakulum.
That is when he told me that the city dwellers depend on farm produce from rural areas. The tapioca is sold at four times the price of purchase from the farmer.
This is the basic struggle for the farmers all over the country. As farmers do not have a net work of marketing facility, they get less than half of what they rightly deserve fo rather produce. The farm distress can be partly overcome if there is a direct purchase policy where the farmer sells to the end user through co-operative marketing. This happens for milk, coconuts, etc.
I come across farmers giving up on farming and selling their land! This is another criss in evolution!
Does any one care!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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