The collapse of prices for sweet peppers in Tajikistan is an opportunity to earn 1500% profit in just one month

According to EastFruit analysts, prices for sweet peppers in Tajikistan have dropped to 1 somoni per kg (about 8 US cents per kg). In other words, for $ 1 USD you can buy 11.5 kg of sweet peppers! Naturally, such low prices do not cover the expenses of Tajik farmers for growing these vegetables. There have never been such low prices for pepper in Tajikistan. Usually at this time, sweet peppers in the country are sold in bulk at 30-40 cents per kg. Among the reasons for such a dramatic drop in the price of pepper, market participants cite the overproduction of pepper in 2021. However, a consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Bakhtiyor Abduvokhidov, notes another factor - the absence of a cold chain. “If farmers were to harvest peppers during a period of low prices at the right stage of maturity, chill and store them, taking into account the way it is done in other countries of the world, then they could make good money. Indeed, by ...