Northeast India small tea growers demand fair price for green leaves

Shillong: Small tea growers have sought fair and remunerative price of green tea leaves. Northeast Confederation Small tea grower's Association said," With due respect, we hereby request you to introduce a mechanism for a-fair and remunerative price of green tea leaves to protect the small tea growers from market price-volatility. As far as we know, Minimum Support Price (MSP) is applicable to 22 agricultural crops and is a price guarantee set by the Government to protect farmers from price drops in the open market, thereby ensuring fair price to farmers for their produce. "The body added, "Another successful and time tested mechanism to ensure fair price to sugarcane farmers is Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP). Tea is half agriculture and half industry. Small tea growers engage in the cultivation and harvesting of tea leaves, which is a form of agriculture / farming. We therefore, earnestly request you to introduce Minimum Support Price (MSP) or Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) ...