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A farmer from Maharashtra’s Jalna district on Tuesday dumped 25 quintals of tomatoes near a highway after he was offered a mere Rs 4 per kilogram for the produce.
Tomato growers in Jalna have been severely affected by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, as the resulting export halt has driven tomato prices to extremely low levels.
Amar Kakade, a farmer from Jalna’s Dharkalyan village, managed to raise the necessary funds to cultivate a tomato crop on his one-acre plot of land. However, when he arrived at the Karmad market with his harvest, traders offered him a mere Rs 4 per kilogram.
