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Photos: Crops damaged, Maharashtra’s farmers uncertain of future credit
One of the biggest complaints of the Marathwada and Vidarbha farmers has been the lack of support and intervention from the government to deal with the cotton crop damage.
Updated on: Feb 17, 2018 9:30 AM IST
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A farmer from Wadgaon village in Yavatmal district, who lost his cotton crop last year because of the pink bollworm attack, stands in despair. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)
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Gopal Chaudhary, a cotton farmer from Manchanpur village in Akola district said, “In a normal year, I get a yield of around 160 to 170 quintals.” Due to the pink bollworm infestation this time around, his loss was around ₹ 50,000 and he suffered a notional loss of more than ₹ 8 lakh. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)
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Yogesh Bayaskar, a cotton farmer from Raghunathpur village of Amravati district, had planted the crop on his 2.5-acre farm, but got less than half the yield owing to the pink bollworm attack. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)
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Bayaskar has some of the subgrade cotton picked from his field stacked in a room outside his home. His loss this year from cotton and soyabean is in the range of ₹1.5 lakh to ₹2 lakh. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)
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Farmers from Wadgaon village in Yavatmal district say that the worm outbreak has not spared a single cotton farm in their village. They have sought swifter loan-waiver implementation and compensation for cotton losses. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)
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