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As garlic prices make MP farmers shed tears; 'Bhavanter' scheme can't help

Farmers claim that garlic in the wholesale market is selling at as low as Re 1 per kg. The problem, resulting from a bumper garlic crop this season, is spread across the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh

Vendors at a vegetable market Photo: Reuters

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Vendors at a vegetable market in Mumbai. In recent weeks, the perception of households of their future prospects has been less optimistic that regarding their current economic conditions Photo: Reuters

Kabir Agarwal | The Wire New Delhi

Last Updated : May 14 2018 | 10:57 AM IST

A year after the agitation in which five farmers died in police firing, farmers in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur are protesting once again. Farmers claim that garlic in the wholesale market is selling at as low as Re 1 per kg. The problem, resulting from a bumper garlic crop this season, is spread across the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, which produces about 45% of India’s garlic.

Farmers have claimed that prices in the wholesale market have dropped from around Rs 20 per kg earlier in the season to Re 1 per kg. “Last month, I sold

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