Haveri: The Byadigi Market, which is internationally recognized, has recorded a high turnover of Rs 2,000 Crore last season.
But, the rain in November has achieved the results of loud chili and the market received low-quality chili.
The market got chili from Haveri, Gadag, Ballari, Dharwad, Raichur, Bagalkot, and in neighboring countries Andhra Pradesh and Telangana every year.
But heavy rain in this region in November has influenced the arrival of the market.
Usually, a rush of heavy market witnesses in November-December.
But this time, chili reaches the market is low quality and the volume is also lacking.
The rain has caused fungi to grow on chili.
The Byadigi Chili, famous for their bright red, has turned pale because of mushrooms, adding to the worries of farmers not getting a decent price for their products.
Byadigi the famous chili market Dabbi and Caddi chili varieties, which are in a large demand of Oleoresin oil extracted from them and exported.
While various cadders are thin and long wrinkles with not many seeds, small and fat dabbies with more seeds.
Various fat used by the lipstick industry.
But this season the market has received low quality chili and with poor color, making oil extraction oleoresin a big challenge for the industry.
“Because of the excessive rain in the area, farmers, traders, laborers who grew chili commission and thousands of people dependent on byadagi the chili market is in a critical situation.
Heavy rain destroys chili plants drastically and now the mushroom has been hit available.
Chili has changed It becomes white.
Low quality-like products never get a good price.
The state and the Union government must provide assistance for chili farmers, “urged Sureshgouda Patil, president of the Treaders Union, Byadigi Chilli Market, and former MLA.
Anil Kumar, a trader at Byadagi Market, said, “We expect more cold quantity than the previous season, but heavy rain has quality and quantity is also affected.
We hope, we get good quality chili in the next few weeks.” “Rain has been hitting Byadigi loud chili, but the season just started.
We hope the quality of chili becomes available from several parts in the coming weeks, “said with Adappa, Secretary of Byadagi APMC.