Andhra Pradesh's tobacco farmers are now nursing global dreams.
In a recent development, tobacco farmers from Andhra Pradesh met Union minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh and demanded that their product should also get the price at par with the rates ruling in Brazil.
The farmers are demanding a hike of $2 per kg of tobacco, as done in Brazil. However, the average price quoted on the trade platforms in the state is Rs 49 per kg.
Usually the Andhra growers demand price parity with Karnataka prices, which averaged at over Rs 56 per kg, but this time they have gone a step further and sought international prices.
While the authorised crop in Andhra is at 150 million tonnes, the actual crop grown is estimated at 160
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