PAF demands govt to mobilize TCP for cotton purchase
LAHORE: Pakistan Agri Forum (PAF) has demanded that the price of cotton should be fixed at Rs3500 per maund keeping in view international market prices to facilitate cotton growers.
PAF Chairman Mohammad Ibrahim Mughal talking to media on Wednesday said that APTMA and business institutions were purchasing cotton at Rs2500 per maund from the growers, which he added was against the interest of farmers.
He said that farmers were purchasing all agriculture inputs at very high rates while their crops were being purchased at very low prices.
He further said that government should mobilize TCP for the purchase of cotton to improve the situation.
He said that government should take effective steps to end the exploitation of poor farmers.
He said warned if TCP did not start purchasing the crop immediately, it would affect the production of other upcoming crops.
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011
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