Centre’s MSP proposal for five crops: Why Punjab farmers are reluctant to diversify | Agriculture – Business Standard

A few days ago, a central team of ministers extended a carrot to protesting farmers to break the deadlock in the talks.

They proposed to purchase the entire consignment of masoor, urad, arhar, maize and cotton at minimum support price (MSP) over the next five years based on a contractual agreement.

The purchases will be made through the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India, National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India and Cotton Corporation of India.

And the sellers would be farmers diversifying from wheat and rice.

Whether purchases are limited to just that cohort or

First print: February 26, 2024 | 10:39 PM IST