Farmers dump their produces on the roads

By: prabirghose

Chitradurga : India | 8 months ago

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It is unthinkable but it continues to happen regularly. Farmers suddenly discover that what they had taken pains to produce does not have any takers. It has happened now in Karnataka with tomatoes. Earlier it had happened in Maharashtra. The fault lies in over production. Farmers do not have any one to co-ordinate their activities and, if one year a certain crop flourishes, there is a rush to go in for the same crop by others. The result is flooding the markets with extra supplies which lead to crashing prices. To prevent this, the local authorities should educate the farmers and help them select such crops that will benefit them and not create situations that could have been avoided with proper and timely guidance.

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