A file photo of farmer waiting for buyers at the APMC market in Kolar in Karnataka on July 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: Bhagya Prakash K The prices of tomatoes that had touched nearly ₹200 per kg in July have crashed to below ₹10 per kg in the Kolar and Kalasipalyam wholesale markets on September … Read more
In a retail shop at J.P. Nagar, south Bengaluru, a customer settled for just two pieces of tomatoes when the vendor quoted ₹163 per kg. The vendor claimed to have bought at ₹145 per kg from a nearby wholesale market. | Photo Credit: File photo Bengaluru The prices of tomato, which has been spiralling up, has now … Read more
Tomato prices in wholesale markets in most producing states have crashed to as low as Rs 4 per kg amid supply glut, government data showed. In fact, the wholesale prices of tomato in 23 growing centres out of 31 monitored by the government were down by 50 per cent from the year-ago period or below … Read more