Nepalese growers are dumping tomatoes

This weekend, Nepalese tomato growers dumped loads of their produce on the road in front of the Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Market to express their anger at the low prices they are getting. Photos and videos of the heaps of tomatoes on the way to the country's largest market have appeared on social media. The tomato growers said they were forced to dump their produce because they couldn't get a fair price and couldn't compete in any way with the Indian tomatoes flooding the market. A few months ago, growers also dumped mountains of tomatoes and other vegetables on the road to put pressure on the government to stop importing vegetables from India. Experts say that the market price is not the problem. According to them, the problem is the lack of cold stores to store the tomatoes or factories ...