Pineapple prices are moving up with summer season demand rising in the north Indian cities.
The price of the raw fruit had gone up to ₹39 and ₹41 a kg and ripe fruit fetched up to ₹44 a kg, said John Varghese, pineapple merchant at Vazhakulam.
However, farmers are disappointed that production has come down drastically owing to the drought-like conditions prevailing now. Production had come down drastically, said veteran farmer Baby John. He said pineapple production during the recent months had been just about 25% of the normal. While daily availability during the past years used to be about 1,200 tonnes a day, it had come down to about 400 tonnes a day, he said.
