Abnormal heat doubled tomato prices in Tajikistan

According to EastFruit experts from Tajikistan, abnormally hot weather has been persisting in the country for a long time, which, literally, destroys the work of farmers right at the root. For more than a week, the air temperature in the shade often exceeds 45 degrees Celsius, even in the northern regions of Tajikistan. At the same time, a week earlier, the air temperature was also above 40 degrees, and now it has become extreme at all. The consequences of such hot weather are felt by all agricultural producers. Vegetable growers and gardeners talk about sunburn on fruits, a sharp deterioration in product quality, no growth, and even complete loss of crops, despite their best efforts. “Even tomatoes that “love” hot weather literally dry up in the fields. Therefore, over the past week, their supply has dropped sharply, and prices have doubled. Now you can’t buy a tomato cheaper than 5 somoni ($0.49 per kg), but for large and high-quality tomatoes, sellers ask for 7 ($0.68) somoni ...