Vegetable farmers in Mysuru and surrounding regions have been left high and dry amidst a vigorous monsoon that has inundated vast swathe of vegetable tracts, raising concern of depleting yield and losses.
Tomato farmers are among the worst affected leaving the farmers vulnerable to fluctuating prices that swings from around ₹80 to ₹.3 a kilo.
‘’This season has been particularly harrowing for vegetable cultivators as incessant rains during the current monsoon spell have left agricultural fields with stagnant water. As a result the vegetables cannot be harvested and are rotting in the field’’, said Nagaraj, of Raita Mitra Mysuru-Chamarajanagar Vegetable Cultivators Association.
