Jonepelly Prakash Rao, a farmer of Kapparla in Tamsi mandal, Adilabad district has cultivated white jowar in 10 acres. He claims that he had sought the advice of agriculture officers before cultivation and officials gave him a green signal to go ahead.
Mr. Prakash Rao cultivated jowar in all the 10 acres and got a yield of 120 qunitals. While 20 quintals was sold to relatives and others at ₹ 2,200 per quintal, he had another 100 qunitals at his disposal.
The Union government has declared a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of ₹ 2,758 per quintal for the white jowar per quintal, higher than last year’s support price of ₹ 2,640 per quintal.