Onion and potato prices crash; farmers destroy produce and send onions to PM Modi
Over the past two months, onion prices have dropped almost 70 percent at Nashik's Lasalgaon Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC).
After 13 days strike, onion auctions resume in Nashik wholesale markets
Over the past two months, onion prices have dropped almost 70 percent at Nashik's Lasalgaon Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), according to agriculture expert Devinder Sharma. Onion farmers in Maharashtra have been compelled to sell their crops at Re 1 to Rs 2 per kilogram. Potato farmers in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana have met the same fate with prices dropping below Rs 4 per kilogram, far below their input costs.
Due to the low shelf-life of late Kharif onions, onion farmers have no choice but to sell their produce at market rates.
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On March 6, the day of Holika Dahan, Several farmers in Nashik set their crops of onion on fire, to draw attention to their plight. Bonfires are traditionally lit in Maharashtra and elsewhere in India on the day.
Farmers from Ahmednagar in Maharashtra have sent onions by post to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand the lifting of an export ban. Meanwhile, the price of potatoes in northern states has nosedived too.
