Maharashtra: Onion Farmers In Nashik face Financial Troubles Amidst Coronavirus

Mumbai: Onion Farmers in the Nashik region of Maharashtra face a financial crisis as the sale of Onions has declined ANI reported.

The decline has come due to the inability of obtaining potential buyers. The Market committee has asked the farmers to bring the stocks in sacks that created another problem for the farmers.

“Market committee told us to bring our yield after packing it in sacks. It involves a minimum expense of Rs.100. In addition, there’s labor charge, packing & transportation cost too”, a farmer told ANI.

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The overstocks of Onions will also create a major problem with the approaching monsoon. Due to the lockdown imposed all over the country, they are facing large amounts of customer crisis leading to miserably low incomes to the farmers.

“We’re earning only Rs.500-600 per quintal now. But expenses are equally high. Customers are not coming to markets. So, the price of onion has also fallen. Monsoon season is about to come. Only some farmers have space to store their produce, some don’t”, ANI quoted Santosh Navle, a farmer in Nashik.

The problem seems to be undermined, in respect to Maharashtra’s escalating figures of Coronavirus cases. The state was put into lockdown on 24th March.

The state, at present, measures 12,974 cases, 2,115 recoveries and 548 fatalities.

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