Usihlalo womqhaphu waseIndiya wekotoni, uJ. Thulasidaran, wathi kunyaka we-2023/4 oqala ukusukela nge-1 ka-Okthobha, i-cotton, i-India.
Kwinkomfa yonyaka ye-Federation, iThulasidharan yazisa ukuba zingaphezulu kwe-12.7 yezigidi zeehektare zomhlaba zahlwayelwa. Kunyaka olandelayo, oya kuphelelwa kude kule nyanga, malunga ne-33,5 yezigidi zebhanti yekotoni ingene kwintengiso. Kwanangoku, kusekho iintsuku ezimbalwa ezishiywe kulo nyaka, ngeebhali ze-15-2000 zekotoni yokungena kwintengiso. Abanye babo bevela kuvuna elitsha kwi-Cotton yamaNqaku akhulayo kunye neKarnataka.
I-Indiya iphakamise amaxabiso asezantsi enkxaso (i-MSP) yekotoni nge-10%, kwaye ixabiso lentengiso langoku lingaphezulu kwe-MSP. UThulasidhara watsho ukuba akukho mfuneko incinci yekotoni kwishishini lendwangu kulo nyaka, kwaye uninzi lweenkqubo zepeyinti zingenamandlaniso engonelanga.
UNishant Ashere, unobhala we-Federation, wathi ngaphandle kwefuthe lokuphumla kwemali yoqoqosho, ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kunye neemveliso zebhola ekhatywayo kutshanje.
IXESHA LOKUQALA: I-Oct-07-2023