Wholesale prices of onion have crashed toas low as 30 paise per kg in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh after a bumper harvest and low demand, leaving farmers in tears. Neemuch is a big onion market in the region.“Because of a bumper crop, onion is being sold at 30-50 paise per kg while only a few days ago it commanded a price of Rs 15-20 per kg in the local market,” Dayaram Patidar, a farmer from Diken, told PTI.“We are forced to throw away the crop in the garbage as we are not even recovering the money spent on transportation from fields to the mandi,” he said. -- PTI
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