Campco puts restrictions on areca purchases

The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) Ltd has made the decision to limit the obtain of arecanut pursuing the Karnataka government’s modern rules to control the distribute of Covid-19 in the state.

A press launch by Campco explained that in purchase to shield the areca farmers by sustaining stability in arecanut selling price and holding in line with the norms laid down by the governing administration in the wake of expanding casualties thanks to Covid-19, the cooperative has proposed to limit the purchases of arecanut to a single quintal per member through this time period of restriction up to May 4.

Keeping the safety of associates and personnel and to keep social distancing, the over functions will be performed as a result of token process at all branches of Campco and will be restricted to twenty five associates per day per department, it explained.

However the procurement of cocoa beans will continue on as remaining carried out just before, procurement of pepper will be discontinued at all branches for the time remaining, it explained.