In India’s southern state of Karnataka, the district around Kolar sees tomatoes being cultivated on over 20,000 hectares. However, despite a bumper crop, this year farmers are bitter because prices have crashed on the back of falling demand during the lockdown and restricted movement of traders and goods.
A standard 15-kg box, which usually fetches 250 to 300 rupees ($3.40 to $4.10), is now selling for barely 70 rupees — sometimes as low as 30. Desperate farmers are either allowing their crops to wither in the fields or dumping harvested tomatoes by the roadside.
Source: asia.nikkei.com