<p class="title">The Karnataka government in its budget should announce a minimum support price for coffee, on the model of Kerala, said Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene members. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking at the meeting held at Srimangala Agriculture Credit Cooperative Society, Raitha Sangha district unit president Kadyamada Manu Somaiah said that the Kerala government has announced a minimum support price for coffee to support the growers.</p>.<p><strong>Warning of protest</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">If the state government fails to announce the same in Karnataka, then the members will stage a protest, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A support price of Rs 90 per kg has been fixed for coffee in Kerala. Though coffee is cultivated on a large scale in Karnataka, the government has not announced anything for the growers, he said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Grower Thitheera Mandanna said that there is a need to fight for the cause of the farmers. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The members alleged that there is a delay in the distribution of compensation for those who have lost their cattle in elephant and tiger attacks. </p>
<p class="title">The Karnataka government in its budget should announce a minimum support price for coffee, on the model of Kerala, said Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene members. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking at the meeting held at Srimangala Agriculture Credit Cooperative Society, Raitha Sangha district unit president Kadyamada Manu Somaiah said that the Kerala government has announced a minimum support price for coffee to support the growers.</p>.<p><strong>Warning of protest</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">If the state government fails to announce the same in Karnataka, then the members will stage a protest, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A support price of Rs 90 per kg has been fixed for coffee in Kerala. Though coffee is cultivated on a large scale in Karnataka, the government has not announced anything for the growers, he said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Grower Thitheera Mandanna said that there is a need to fight for the cause of the farmers. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The members alleged that there is a delay in the distribution of compensation for those who have lost their cattle in elephant and tiger attacks. </p>