Farmers complain about falling prize of maize in Virudhunagar district

Complaining that the procurement price of maize has drastically fallen to ₹1,600 to ₹1,700 a quintal after the harvest in Virudhunagar district, Southern Districts Farmers Association has sought the State Government’s intervention in assuring ₹2,500 per quintal for the maize farmers.

In a statement, its Virudhunagar district secretary, R. Ram Pandian, said that farmers had cultivated maize in around 50,000 acres in the district. The price of maize was hovering around ₹2,200 to ₹2,500 per quintal in the beginning of the cultivation season.