India: Farmers in Haryana are destroying tomatoes and capsicum in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis

Published 2021년 5월 18일

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Haryana farmers are destroying their tomato and capsicum crops due to a significant price drop for the second year in a row, making it impossible for them to cover the cost of production. The low prices are exacerbated by the lockdown and the perishable nature of the vegetables, which prevents long-term storage. There is no minimum support price (MSP) for these crops, causing frequent price fluctuations that benefit neither farmers nor consumers. Agricultural experts recommend that the government play a role in deciding crop production prices and quantities. They also suggest that the government and agriculture research centres should develop market and crop intelligence to address this issue permanently.

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Farmers in Haryana are destroying their tomato and capsicum crops after prices of the produce crashed for the second consecutive year. The prices are so low at the Mandi that farmers can’t even recover the cost of production. “You can visit any Mandi in the country, we are not even covering the basic costs. Not just Haryana, farmers from every state are suffering for the second consecutive year,” Ramesh Kumar, a farmer, told The Times Of India. The lockdown might have worsened the situation, but vegetable-growing farmers face this issue every year for some crop or the other. These farmers go into losses because the perishable vegetables can’t be stored for long, there’s no minimum support price (MSP) and prices drop right at the time of harvest and increase later. It’s 'Ram bharose' in small cities, villages of Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad HC on Covid-19 situation Agricultural experts advise a close involvement of the government in deciding the price and quantity of different crops to ...

Source: Deccan Herald