Bumper production of Katappa, Bahubali and Simba watermelons in Dhar district, but not getting the right price
Dhar News: Badnavar, Dhar (Naiduniya News). Cultivation of cash crops peas and vegetables in Kharif for the last two-three years The trend of farmers doing watermelon cultivation has started increasing. Instead of wheat or gram in Rabi from the end of December to February, they are cultivating watermelon as a cash crop in the hope of getting a better price. Species like Max Super, Sagar King, Simmba, Baahubali, Katappa abound. It was he who created a buzz in the mandis of Delhi, Mumbai and Rajasthan last year. )
Production was also bumper, but this year it is proving to be a deal of loss due to the price remaining at Rs 1.5-2 per kg. Many farmers have started going out in their own vehicles for selling kherchi. Due to the holy month of Ramadan in April-May for Muslims and the demand for watermelon in the summer of Vaishakh, Jyeshtha, cultivation of watermelon started tempting.
Rs. per kg deal
last year country Traders and middlemen from places like Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra etc. in the big mandis of 6 were taken by bargaining up to Rs. The production of advanced species of watermelon is also quintal per bigha and the duration of the crop is only two to two and a half. This year the area has increased from 1200 hectare to hectare has been done.
Due to bumper production of famous watermelon in Kheda, Gujarat, this year the farmers themselves have to take watermelon to the market. Rameshwar Patidar of Tilgara 7.04 When he reached Indore mandi with watermelon after hearing the price per kg, 1 .100 The deal was done in Rs.Kg only.
The amount received was spent on rent and other expenses. The transportation cost of taking it to Indore was 2.04 per quintal. Farmers of Tilgara, Jitendra Patidar, Dharmaraj Patidar, Gopal Patidar, Rameshwar Patidar, Bharat Patidar etc. told that watermelon production was bumper, but could not get the price. We are even sweating to find out the cost.
Deals are being done in the farm itself
Demand due to abundant arrival of watermelon in mandis Not there. That’s why many traders even refused to bring watermelons to the farmers in the mandis. Now taking the risk of transport to the farmers, jobbers and traders, they are making deals from the farm itself, because if the price of two rupees per kg comes, then at least the cost can be recovered. Traders also make deals on the same condition that they will not take watermelons weighing less than three kilos with them. That’s why, despite bumper production in a short time, the farmer incurs losses if it is sold for less than five rupees per kg. On the other hand, farmers with a lot of land are selling in private or hired loading vehicles even after going to haat bazars and villages. Some farmers even destroyed the crops by stopping irrigation because of not getting the cost of watermelon.
Posted By: Prashant Pandey
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