Farmers across Maharashtra are facing severe financial distress after onion prices plunged sharply in key wholesale markets, leaving growers struggling to recover even basic production costs. From Nashik and Solapur to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, onion cultivators say a combination of bumper arrivals, unseasonal rain and weakening export demand has created one of the toughest seasons in recent years.
According to The Times of India, several farmers have reported devastating losses after selling onions at prices far below the cost of cultivation, with some even returning home in debt after market deductions.
