The Rs 8,000-crore seed industry has asked the Andhra Pradesh Government to finalise prices of Bt cotton seeds by February-end every year. “It is important for us to have the price tags by that time in order to prepare the packets and send them to dealers well before the season starts in mid-May,” Dr P Sateesh Kumar, President of Seedsmen Association of Andhra Pradesh, said.

Addressing the 16{+t}{+h} annual general meeting of the association here on Thursday, he pointed out how hard it was for the industry because of the inordinate delay in finalising the Bt cottonseed price. “We need enough time to print maximum retail price before despatching seed packets to different parts of the country,” he said..........Read More

Source: Business Line