date:Feb 12, 2020
Maharashtra onion growers are protesting at Lasalgaon -the countrys biggest onion market- for the removal of curbs on exports as prices continue to fall following the arrival of the fresh crop.
Wholesale prices of onions have fallen from a peak of Rs 3,900 per 100 kgs to Rs 800-900 per 100 kgs today, says Suvarna Jagtap, chairman of the Lasalgaon Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC). Farmers are upset as many of them have suffered huge losses due to unseasonal rains last year are expect