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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Tomatoes bring tears to Kolar farmers this poll season

Tomatoes bring tears to Kolar farmers this poll season

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published Published on May 4, 2018   modified Modified on May 4, 2018
-The New Indian Express

At Rs. 80 per crate of 15kg, tomato is threatening to bring tears in the eyes in this poll season for the farmers in this drought prone district.

KOLAR: Waiting for his truck load of tomatoes unloaded at the Kolar Agricutlure Produce Market Committee(APMC) yard, one of the largest in Asia, is worried despite harvesting a bumper crop. As the price for the day is announced disappointment is writ large on his face. At Rs.80 per crate of 15kg, Tomato is threatening to bring tears in the eyes in this poll season for the farmers in this drought prone district.

Good showers last monsoon had brought cheers for the farmers who had suffered consecutive years of drought. "We can make some profit only if the price of tomato crosses Rs150 per crate and the price today will leave me incurring loss. With more farmers set to bring their produce to the market in the coming days I am really worried about the grim future. The price could fall below Rs50 per crate. It will be a disaster," adds Vishwanath Reddy, a tomato grower from Mangasandra village in Kolar.

The familiar scene of farmers dumping their tomato produce on the roads as a mark of protest is likely to repeat, says Santosh, a tomato merchant who supplies tomatos from Kolar to not only places like Chennai, Kolkata, Rajasthan and other parts of the country, but even exports to Quatar and Pakistan. "We are sending over 300 to 400 crates every day now to Quatar and Pakistan," claims Santosh.

A perennially drought prone district, Kolar has carved a niche for itself in horticulture. The district is the main supplier of Mango and vegetables like tomato, cabbage, cauliflower and beans.

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The New Indian Express, 28 April, 2018, http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2018/apr/28/tomatoes-bring-tears-to-kolar-farmers-this-poll-season-1807450.html


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