date:Nov 27, 2018
o prices in Mumbais wholesale mandi have declined by 25 per cent so far this month and trade currently at Rs 6 a kg now, from Rs 8 a kg earlier this month. Local variety of tomato, which is primarily used for juice and chutney making, quoted at Rs 2-3 a kg in both Nashik and Mumbai. Such a low price of tomato is set to hit farmers, who borrowed funds from local moneylenders at high interest rates, badly.
This type of tomato is number 5 in trade parlance, implying the lowest quality. Such tomato