Indian growers destroy potato and onion crop due to closed fruit and vegetable market

Growers in Indore, India, have started destroying their potato and onion crops, which had rotted because they had no outlet as the main fruit and vegetable market is closed. A producer association leader Narendra Singh said that in the village of Murkheda, a grower had to destroy his coriander crop, while a grower from the village of Badolihoj destroyed his cantaloupe crop due to the closure of the fresh produce market, because he land to prepare for the next harvest. Another example was a grower who had a bountiful crop of watermelons, but a price drop to Rs 5-7 (€0.05-€0.07) per kg was not even enough for him to cover the grower's costs including labor and production costs. to cover transportation. “During the corona crisis, rotting crops, unsold produce and falling incomes have become a major concern for ...