Sambalpur: Farmers are reluctant to grow vegetables, Tomato Rs 40 per kg in the farm, Rs 100 in the market
It’s been a few years in the district the vegetable farmers’ crisis has escalated.Due to the unfavorable weather, unstable farming, lack of market conditions, and especially the lack of cold storage, farmers are moving away from farming. The district produces a small amount of vegetables. As a result, vegetables prices are rising sharply. An example of this can be seen in the comparison of Paikmal and Jharbandh market with Bargarh market. In the Jharbandh and Paikmal markets on Sunday, eggplants were priced at Rs 10 per kg, ladiesfinger’s at Rs 7, cowpeas at Rs 20 per kg, Tomatoes at Rs 30-40 per kg, Cabbage at Rs 18 and Cauliflower at Rs 35. This time the tomato bumper was produced. But in the city market, tomatoes do not come from the local area. As a result, native tomatoes are being sold at Rs 100 per kg in Bargarh.
Farmers in the Jharbandh and Paikmal areas have been forced to leave their tomatoes on farm. That is being eaten by cattle. For tomatoes, people are being facing problems in the town of Bargarh . Farmers have blamed various cause for such instability. The first is that there is no stability in production. Farmers have not been able to get government assistance for the destruction of vegetables by wildlife.
In places like Bargarh, there are no government mandis in crisis-prone areas. Farmers are moving away from family farming as they get less money than they spend. According to sources, 12 per cent of Odisha’s households are produced from Bargarh, but there are no government mandis or cold storages. It was proposed to set up a cold storage facility in Bargarh in the 2012-13 financial year. Years have passed, but the plan has not been implemented. In the case of file cultivation, the cold storage plan is disappearing. However, the Bargarh Regulated Markets Committee (RMC) has already proposed to the State Agricultural Marketing Council to build a cold storage facility on its own.In places like Bargarh, there are no government mandis in crisis-prone areas. Farmers are moving away from farming as they get less money than they spend.
According to sources, 12 per cent of Odisha’s households are produced from Bargarh, but there are no government mandis or cold storages. It was proposed to set up a cold storage facility in Bargarh in the 2012-13 financial year. Years have passed, but the plan has not been implemented. In the case of cultivation, the cold storage plan is disappearing. However, the Bargarh Regulated Markets Committee (RMC) has already proposed to the State Agricultural Marketing Council to build a cold storage facility on its own.
