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G. Gurumurthy

Coimbatore, Feb. 15 A group of cotton farmers from the Vidarbha region in Maharahstra, which has reported high incidents of farmers suicides due to penury farming, will be touring western Tamil Nadu, including Coimbatore and adjoining districts, for a week starting from Saturday.

The Vidarbha farmers would be taken around on their visits to different farming areas and would also be interacting with farmers in this region. The visit has been organised under the aegis of the South India Cotton Association (SICA), a regional cotton body, and Super Spinning Mills Ltd, an integrated textile company.

The visit has been organised as part of a campaign to build confidence in the minds of the Maharashtrian farming community.

Dr M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, which has set up rehabilitation centres in various districts of Maharashtra as supportive programmes for the farmers, is coordinating the farmers’ visit, according to a communication from SICA. The SICA release added that a seminar on crop management and an interactive session with the Maharashtra farmers would be held here on Fenruary 20.

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