The registration of coconut growers for ball copra procurement at the support price came to an end in Hassan district on Friday afternoon as the quantity of copra allotted was fulfilled.
The NAFED is procuring 69,250 metric tonnes of ball copra from the growers in Karnataka at a support price of ₹12,000 per quintal. The quantity allotted for Hassan was 22,000 metric tonnes. At the rate of
“On Friday, by 2 p.m., the registration ended as the allotted quantity of 22,000 metric tonnes was fulfilled. The system gets locked as soon as the quantity limit is fulfilled. As many as 18,879 farmers have registered for procurement,” said Srihari, Deputy Director of Agricultural Marketing, on Friday.
