Farmer gets Re.1 for a tonne of Onions
posted on May 25, 2016 @ 11:04AM
In a shocking incident a farmer from Maharashtra has said that he could manage to earn just one rupee from selling over a tonne of onions at the district Agriculture Produce Market Committee. He says, "Every day, we are hearing news about farmer suicides from drought-hit regions. However, with onion prices touching new lows, farmers like me may be meeting the same fate."
He said that On May 10, he sent 952 kg of onions in 18 gunny bags through a truck to the Pune-based Agriculture Produce Market Committee and received Rs 16 per 10 kg. So, that would be per one kg, it works to one rupee and sixty paise. And from all of this the middle men eat up the money and almost nothing ends up in the farmers hands.