India: No cold storage facilities a big headache for veggie growers

Published 2023년 6월 21일

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A government cold store at a new vegetable market in Rohtak city has been inactive since 2018, despite the district's vegetable cultivation covering 14,000 acres, including 600 acres of potato farming. The lack of cold storage facilities forces farmers to sell their potatoes at low prices due to increased production costs and glut. Private cold store owners are the only ones profiting from the situation. The article also highlights other challenges faced by farmers, such as the lack of local processing units, low awareness about marketing, and shifting crop trends, which prevent them from achieving fair prices for their vegetables.

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Though the state government had opened a cold store at a new vegetable market in Rohtak city, it has been lying defunct for long. Mainly, vegetables like potato, tomato, carrot, cucumber, Bottle gourd, cauliflower, green chilli, spinach, brinjal, bitter gourd etc are sown in the district over 14,000 acres, but potato, among these, can be Preserved in cold store for several months. The cultivation area of potatoes in the district is around 600 acres. “The input cost of potato increases every year, but there is no change in the price due to potato glutin, especially in the season. Growers are compelled to sell the produce at throwaway prices at that time, as they are unable to preserve it in cold stores being a costly affair, while such a facility is not available at the government level. The cold store charges Rs 150 per bag of 50 kg for some months,” said Virendra, a vegetable grower from Sunaria village. Vinay, owner of a cold store, said around 100 farmers were using the ...

Source: Argenpapa