BELAGAVI: Faced with a bumper yield of vegetables and hurdles from Goa, farmers in Belagavi region have begun to divert their yield to other markets.
The months from January to May is the season for vegetables and despite a high yield of vegetables, there has been severe restrictions in the district and hurdles from Goa.
As a result, farmers in the region had been either feeding the cattle with vegetables or had been discarding the vegetables, but are now diverting their yield to other markets.
The fact was evident at Ambewadi village, about 10 kms from Belagavi, where farmers grow cauliflowers, green chilli, cabbage and other leafy vegetables in plenty.
“We grow a huge quantity of vegetables in our village. Due to bountiful rainy season this year, the yield of vegetables has been excellent. But as we are facing great difficulties in taking the yield to wholesale vegetable market and finding it even more difficult to recover the cost, we are feeding our cattle with the vegetables or just plucking vegetables and throwing them,” Raju Tarale, a farmer told The Goan.
“However, traders from Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra are taking advantage and sending their vehicles to our village directly as we are supplying vegetables at much cheaper rates.”
On Thursday, a cauliflower was sold at Rs 2 per piece, while cabbage was sold at Rs 2 per kilo and green chilli at Rs 2 per kilo, he added.
Farmers from Ambewadi and other villages in the region have appealed to Goans to visit their villages directly and take advantage of the bountiful and fresh yield of vegetables that are being supplied at very cheap rates.
