date:May 24, 2016
In contrast, last year, prices crashed to as low as Rs. 30 per box, forcing a number of farmers to abandon the crop in the field; some dumped the picked fruit on roadsides.
That said, the yield is low due to the shortage of water in the drought-hit district.
Other vegetable growers, however, are not a happy lot. For instance, beans are being sold at Rs. 100 per kg in the wholesale market, but growers will get only Rs. 50. Middlemen are making a huge profit taking advantage of the lower suppl