date:Jan 03, 2019
ile tomatoes remained cheaper in mandis in seven months during the year, there was a significant rise (13 to 27 percent) in May and June.
Even as consumers did not benefit much from this price variation, farmers did suffer extensively. Most of the 2018 farmer protests were around perishable produces like tomatoes and the like.
According to downtoearth.org.in, the production of tomato during the year 2017-18 is estimated to be about 6.4 percent lower as compared to the previous year. However, w