Rajendra Chavan (63), a farmer from Solapur’s Barshi tehsil, said last week his onions fetched Re 1 per kg at the Solapur market complex and he got a negligible amount after all the deductions.
Chavan told PTI-language, “I had sent 10 bags of onions weighing more than five quintals for sale to an onion business in Solapur. However, after deducting freight, transportation, wages and other charges, I got only Rs 2.49 from him.
Chavan said that the traders offered me at the rate of Rs 100 per quintal. He said that the total weight of the crop was 512 kg and he got a net worth of productivity of Rs 512.
The farmers said, “For a fee of Rs 509.51, I got Rs 2.49 after the shot. It ignores mine and other ions of the state. If we get such prices, how will we survive?”
He said that the onion farmers got good price for the crop and the affected farmers got it.
Chavan claimed that the crop was of good quality while the traders said that it was of the same grade.
Traders said, “The farmer had brought only 10 bags and the booking was also of a special category. Therefore, he got the price at the rate of Rs.100 per quintal. So after all the shoots, he got two rupees.
He said, “These same farmers have earned well by selling more than 400 bags of onions to me in the recent past. This time he brought leftover shoots which were hardly 10 bags and since the sale has reduced, he got this price.
(Apart from the headline, this news has not been contested by the ANDITV team, it has been published directly from the syndicate.)
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