A Big News For Kinnow Farmers Of Punjab - Monster Thinks

Monday, August 10, 2020

A Big News For Kinnow Farmers Of Punjab

 What Union Minister Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Tweeted about Kinnow Farmers


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Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Union Minister of Food Processing write a letter to Piyush Goyal Minister of Railway.


Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Tweeted - 

"Have requested @PiyushGoyal Ji to start a #KisanRail with refrigerated bogies from Abohar to Bangalore & Kolkata during kinnow season. This will be a boon for growers of Punjab, Haryana & R'sthan besides improving the export potential of kinnow to B'desh & South-East Asian countries. "



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Farmers in Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan are diversifying into kinnow, a citrus fruit resembling orange, for higher returns.

 The area has been increasing in the semi-arid zones due to the flourishing market in the south. About 4,000 hectares in the area. Cotton and wheat farmers are also diversifying into kinnow. Close to 2,200 acres in Punjab, 1,100 acres in Haryana, and 700 acres in Rajasthan are being added a year.

 Since kinnow fruit grows every alternate season, this year is off. So despite the addition of plants (gestation: five years) in the fruit-bearing stage, the total output may remain slightly lower than last year's.



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This may drive up prices 10 percent on last year's. There is always a demand for citrus fruit in the south. Orange is available till September and then malta for two months. The void after malta is filled by kinnow that arrives by end-December and is available till February.

 Farmers in the kinnow areas of Punjab (Abohar, Fazilka and Hoshiarpur) and Haryana (Sirsa, Fatehabad, Hisar, Bhiwani and Jhajjar) got access to the markets in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu three to four years back and are now making a quick buck.


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Mrs. Badal tweeted by her official tweeter handler:

Tweet of Mrs. Badal




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