-The Indian Express
Food inflation isn’t a bad thing, at least for onion growers.
Rajkot/ Bhavagar (Gujarat):
AS THE winter sun turns red on the western horizon, Kishor Ranpariya and Haresh Saipariya discuss the overall crop situation and wholesale price trends. The former has just returned after selling 63.51 quintals of onion at the agricultural produce market committee (APMC) mandi in Rajkot, about 25 km from his home in Rataiya village in the district’s Lodhika taluka.The 63.51 quintals was the 25th and last consignment from around 800 quintals of the bulb that Ranpariya had harvested in the 2019 kharif season and taken to the Rajkot APMC market on Monday. The 49-year-old had graded even these onions; the first lot of 47 quintals fetched a unit price of Rs 2,887, while the remaining 16.51 quintals went for Rs 832 per quintal. After deducting unloading charges at the mandi, his gross realisation was Rs 1.45 lakh.
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