India: Will import from Nepal, tomatoes will come down

कैथमंडु ∙ India finally decided to import tomatoes to keep the price down. Bringing it from Nepal. For the first time tomato import is required. Tomato turned into a high priced commodity up to Rs 242 per kg, created a headache for the government. Seeing no other way, they are ready for import. Nepal Ministry of Agriculture spokesperson Shabnam Sivakoti said that how many tomatoes can be supplied to India if there is facility for large scale import. Tomato is cultivated on a large scale in 3 districts of Nepal namely Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur. A month and a half ago, farmers protested against not getting even Rs. 10 per kg for tomatoes, destroying about eighty-five kilos. In India, the ...