The Agriculture department is preparing to procure coffee from marginal farmers in the district under the Wayanad package. Coffee will be procured paying a premium of ₹10 a kg than the market price of the produce, say department sources.
The government has allotted ₹50 lakh to procure 455 tonnes of coffee through the wholesale agriculture market at Ammayippalam. The department is planning to procure 250 kg of coffee each from 70 farmers in a civic body in the district.
Three agencies, Brahmagiri Development Society, Vasuki Farmers’ Society, and Wayanad Social Services Society, had entered into a memorandum of understanding with the wholesale market authorities to procure coffee from farmers in four block panchayats in the district.
