Nashik: Tomato prices pinch pockets with a staple kitchen level that shoots dramatically in just 40 days.
From the average wholesale level of Rs 2.5 A Kg in the first week of September, tomatoes are now sold at Rs 25 A Kg in Pimpalgaon Market in Nashik District, the largest tomato wholesale market in the country.
In the country retail market, tomatoes are sold at a steep RS 50-60 A Kg in Pune, Rs 60 A Kg in Nashik, Rs 100 in Kolhapur and Rs 80 in Mumbai.
Heavy rainfall in September and Typhoon Gulab left the hectares of damaged fields in the area of ​​Nashik and Kolhapur.
It is estimated that 10 lakh farmers grow tomatoes in Nashik district only, redeeming nearly 20% of state production.
“At present, the arrival of tomatoes in Pimpalgaon Agriculture produces a market committee around 1.70 lakh crates (20 kg of pessens) per day.
During the same period last year, we will get 3.5 lakh petion a day.
The decline in supply compared to requests has been Causes the increase in wholesale tomato prices, “said Deepak Gavli, who maintained the sale of tomatoes at the Pimpalgaon APMC.
Gavli said about 50% of tomato plants in the Nashik district had been beaten due to heavy rain recently.
“Now, new tomato fruits on existing plantations will come in a very low amount.
Therefore, the supply will continue to dip further,” he said.
Wholesale tomato prices jumped to rs 22 / kg in 40 daysbhikchand parakh, a tomato trader, said the trend of tomato prices would rise and the situation would be controlled only after the new plant began to arrive after three weeks.
Farmers who threw their tomatoes on the road after the price decline in September damaged their attitude.
Somnath Kulagi, farmers from JAT Tehsil from Sangli District, have thrown out their tomatoes outside of bathing after wholesale prices fell to Rs 1.5 per kg.
Now, he got a call from the traders asking if he had products on the farm.
I have destroyed all of his tomato plants and took chili cultivation.
“It was for the first time I suffered a heavy loss.
Now when I see that tomatoes take a good price, I feel the decision to destroy the plant is wrong.
I will redeem the losses I face,” he told Toi.
Zuber, vegetable vendor in Kolhapur, said they got most of the supply of tomatoes from the Shirol area, Sangli and Solapur.
Because of the flood, agricultural products have been affected by Sangli and Shirol.
The farmers from the Solapur region sent their products to Mumbai, influencing supply to the city of Maharashtra Selatan.
Navnath Chavan, a farmer from Lastur in the Aurangabad district, said Fury Rain has recently damaged tomato cultivation to a large level.
“I have planted tomato plants more than 15 Gunthas, the majority are destroyed.
Anything that can be harvested is now sold by farmers with minimal earnings,” he said.
The Agriculture Product Market Committee (APMC) President Jagannath Kale said that in addition to natural disaster, the increase in diesel prices was also partly responsible for the increase in tomato prices and other vegetables.
Dutta Kalamkar, head of the vegetable section in the market page, Gultkedi, Pune, said the arrival of tomatoes has declined because many plantations are very affected.
In addition, requests for many hotels, restaurants, restaurants, and food giants have been reopened with full capacity.
“Considering these factors, rates will remain high at least for the next few weeks,” he said.
Satish Pote, a tomato planter from Narayangaon near Pune, said that the condition of the bad weather affected the plantation badly and tomatoes did not comply with standards.
“There are very few farmers who are able to reap good returns from current market rates,” he said.
(Input from Rahul Gayakwad in Kolhapur, Prasad Joshi in Aurangabad and Sandip Diphe in Pune)