Tomato prices on Wednesday plummeted to their lowest in the current season to Rs 2-3 a kg in Nashik’s wholesale market Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC). This was due to the high arrivals.
Farmers and traders sold their tomato crop in a hurry to avoid its spoilage due to high moisture-led short shelf life. Rapidly deteriorating quality of the stored tomato has led to a dramatic price fall in Nashik, the largest supplier of this vegetable additive to Mumbai. Consequently, hybrid tomato prices in Mumbai’s wholesale mandi have declined by 25 per cent so far this month and trade
Farmers and traders sold their tomato crop in a hurry to avoid its spoilage due to high moisture-led short shelf life. Rapidly deteriorating quality of the stored tomato has led to a dramatic price fall in Nashik, the largest supplier of this vegetable additive to Mumbai. Consequently, hybrid tomato prices in Mumbai’s wholesale mandi have declined by 25 per cent so far this month and trade