Unpredictable demand for tomato crops..!?

* Unpredictable demand for tomato crop.

* Tomato price hiked from Rs 10 to Rs 100 per kg.

* Farmers who are in debt due to unstable tomato prices.


It is impossible to say when there will be any demand for tomato crops in Andhra Pradesh. The tomato crop is mostly grown in Chittoor, Anantapur, and kurnool districts in Andhra Pradesh. Sometimes there is no demand for tomato crops and it used to be Rs.10 to Rs.15 per kg. Due to this, the farmers reduced the tomato crop. When the tomato crop decreased, there was an unexpected demand for the tomato crop across the country. From Rs 100 per kg. There are also days when it is 150. There are farmers who have become millionaires due to the unprecedented increase in tomato prices. There are also farmers who bought quintals and quintals believing in the increased price and suffered serious losses.
If the tomato prices increase suddenly, many farmers will have to struggle to save the crop. It is said, andhra pradesh has become third in tomato production in the country. 23.37 lakh metric tonnes of tomatoes have been produced in the state from 2023 to 2024. Thus, the share of tomatoes in the total tomato production of the country has been recorded as 11.30 percent. However, Gujarat, tamil Nadu, and chhattisgarh have seen such a huge increase in tomato prices. NABARD said that the production in Ghad and maharashtra has decreased considerably.
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Sowmiya Sriram

17/09/2024 12:36 PM