Tomato The price of sometimes makes headlines in newspapers for the sky -touching price and sometimes for the helplessness of farmers. Sometimes it becomes difficult to get tomatoes at Rs 100 per kg, so today it is not getting buyers for 3 to 5 rupees today. The case is from Odisha. In Ganjam district of Odisha, farmers who cultivate tomatoes are facing huge losses, because despite selling tomatoes at the rate of Rs 10 to 15 per kg in the market, the cultivators get its prices Rs 3 to 5 per kg. Only getting Due to non -recovery of basic production costs, many farmers have been forced to sell their crops at low prices, while some have left their crops for cattle to eat.
Can’t even get wages
Surath Pahan, tomato producer of Satusal village of Ganjam block, said, “After spending so much time and money on the crop for the last three months, we are not able to recover even the wages spent on harvesting.” Pahan said three on Friday. Sell about 15 quintals of tomatoes per kilogram. Pahan, who cultivated tomatoes on one acre land, said, “Some farmers in our area left their crop after the traders paid only two rupees per kg.” , “Forget the matter of profit, we are not able to withdraw basic expenses on seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and transport.”
Decision to feed cattle
Shatrusola village farmer Upendra Poli said, “Instead of selling tomatoes at such a low price, I decided to feed my cattle to my cattle.” Kand Jena, Deputy Director of Horticulture Department, said that last week, tomato prices in the district in the district last week There has been a huge decline in. He said, “This year has led to a fall in prices due to excessive crop.” Due to a short -term seasonal crop, many farmers cultivated tomatoes, causing more supply and the price declined. Jena said, “Tomato was cultivated in about 1,500 hectares in Ganjam in Ganjam.” Farmer leader and former member of Zilla Parishad Bundaban Khetei said that due to lack of food processing industries and ‘cold storage’ in the district Tomato growers are suffering losses.
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