Kerala to procure shallots from Perambalur farmers

IN a move spelling cheer for shallot farmers, two farmer producer organisations (FPOs) based in the district have jointly entered into an MoU with the Kerala State Horticultural Products Development Corporation (HORTICORP) enabling the latter to procure from them the small onions harvested by Perambalur farmers.

- P THIRUSELVAM @ Perambalur

The initiative of the district administration will help local farmers to get better prices for their harvest as well as avoid middlemen's intervention, officials said.

The MoU signed between the Perambalur District Maize and Small Onion Farmer Producer Company Limited and the Alathur Collective Farming Farmer Producer Company Limited with HORTICORP on Tuesday follows a meeting of the District Export Promotion Committee that Collector Grace Pachuau chaired on December 17.