MIDDLE MEN AMONG FISHERMEN AND AGRICULTURALISTS



According to the news reports in a leading daily of Kerala, the price of Sardine (Chala/Mathi) fishing in Chellanam (Ernakulam) harbour is a mere Rs 20/- to Rs 30/- a kg. Whereas a little away in the market the same fish is sold at Rs 120/- to Rs 150/- a kg. It is not a secret. Both sides i.e the killer and the killed know it. The victims have adequate resources to counter it. But unfortunately they silently concede. Above all, we have a government which said to be always standing with the poor and the downtrodden. Surprisingly, in such cases they seem to prefer the seat among the killers. And the opposition parties of the state, appear to have never heard about such  things! This is the same case with poor cultivators.

Dear poor fishing community and the suppressed agriculturalists, you may come out from the cave of silence. You may stop selling it to the middle men. You may directly sell it to the consumer at your preferred price. You will gain and the consumer too. There are hundreds of ways to do it. That may not need much of an investment. 

Both of you sit among yourselves and find ways and means to make it practical, rather to go for a successful endeavour.

K V George 

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