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Tomatoes @ 30 paisa
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Tomatoes @ 30 Paisa. Either it is the highest price or the lowest price of the commodities, the only person who commonly suffers is the farmer.
Either it is the highest price or the lowest price of the commodities, the only person who commonly suffers is the farmer. For quite some time, the farmers faced lot many problems with increased prices of vegetables. Currently, it’s the turn of lowest prices of Tomato that are about to bother the agrarian communities.
The price of tomato in the Kadapa market is just 30 paisa. It is not the price of single tomato piece, but the price of 1kg tomato. With so many vested interests of getting a huge some of profits, the farmers who brought their crop to the market received a slash in the form of lower prices. By this the farmers are not even in a position to regain their investment on transportation of the product to the market, at least.
At Maidukuru in Kadapa district, the price of tomato is only Rs 0.30 per kilogram. Many farmers left their product unattended in the market and left for their homes. Tomatoes have turned to be the fodder for the animals.
It is learnt that for each acre of tomato yielding, the farmer invests 20-30 thousand rupees. But with the lowest prices fixed for tomato in the market, the farmers are not even in a position to get the amount invested on transportation alone.
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