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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19: Fruit and Vegetable Producers Face Severe Loss as Prices Plunge -Neelambaran A

COVID-19: Fruit and Vegetable Producers Face Severe Loss as Prices Plunge -Neelambaran A

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published Published on Apr 6, 2020   modified Modified on Apr 9, 2020

-Newsclick.in

“Since many farmers are afraid to reach the regular markets, the local vendors are taking advantage of it. They are then selling the vegetables at a higher cost to the customers,” said Subramani, a farmer.

With no announcement regarding any relief measures, the farmers across the state are staring at an imminent setback. The lack of transportation facilities, labourers and unwarranted police action continue to hamper the farming sector during the lockdown to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

The low price for the produce with the farmers, but escalated price in the markets is another cause of concern. Many of the fruit growers, including the grape producers in Cumbum and Dindigul, are facing a crisis owing to the sealing of interstate borders. The exemption to farming as an essential service is hardly helping the farmers to overcome the crisis.

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Newsclick.in, 6 April, 2020, https://www.newsclick.in/COVID-19-Fruit-Vegetable-Producers-Severe-Loss-Prices-Plunge


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