Vegetable Prices

Prices of these three commodities have seen perhaps the wildest fluctuations in agriculture commodities among all crops for multiple reasons

Sharp drop in onion and potato prices since last few weeks have forced farmers to dump their produce in fields as selling price is far less than even cost of carrying produce to the market

The production of overall vegetables is projected to be higher at 204.84 million tonnes as against 200.45 million tonnes in the said period

Amid massive surge in the prices of various vegetables and fruits in Lahore and other parts of Punjab province due to devastating floods, the Pakistan government may import tomato and onion from India, according to the market dealers here. "On Sunday, per kilogram of tomato and onion were available in Lahore's markets at around Rs500 and Rs400 respectively. However, in Sunday markets both commodities were available at Rs 100 per kg less than that of those available in regular markets," Jawaad Rizvi, a wholesale dealer of Lahore market, told PTI. He said that in the coming days the prices of commodities will increase further as the supply of vegetables from Balochistan, Sindh and south Punjab has badly been affected because of floods. "In the coming days, onion and tomato per kg prices may cross Rs700. Similarly, potato price has increased from Rs40 per kg to Rs120kg," Rizvi said. In the markets, the short supply of vegetables is because of destruction of the crops on thousands of .

Monsoon rains, which were around 8 per cent deficient in June, came roaring back in July to record almost 17 per cent in excess

Traders attributed the increase in prices to crop failure in South India. Tomatoes from North India got diverted to the south, affecting supplies in the Delhi region, they added

The average retail price of tomatoes in India has jumped 70% from a month ago and 168% from a year earlier to Rs 53.75 a kilogram as of Tuesday

As per vendors, these prices will increase further in the coming days as they argue "vegetables often become expensive during the rainy season"

The survey, conducted by Local Circles, got 11,800 responses from citizens across 311 districts of the country

Food and oil prices push inflation to 17-month high

LocalCircles said findings of the survey indicate that prices of some vegetables skyrocketed in the last month

Tomatoes account for 10 per cent of the total vegetable production in India

In Bangalore, tomato price in retail markets continued to rule high at Rs 88 per kg

Heavy rains and waterlogging across Chennai have sent vegetable prices soaring in the wholesale Koyambedu market, while prices in the retail vegetable markets too have catapulted

Onion prices being stabilised with buffer stock release; efforts on to soften tomato, potato rates, says govt

Vegetable prices have gone up in Delhi-NCR markets due to crop failure and increase in fuel prices.

Tomato prices, according to some analysts, are expected to go down as crop arrivals will increase in October

Ignoring it for long could increase longer-term costs

With nearly 2,000 retail vegetable and fruit shops likely to be closed in Chennai's vegetable market at Koyambedu following Covid restrictions, there is a possibility of price rise of vegetables

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