Mango Price: Mango price reached Rs 3 per kg, the cost is not even covered, farmers are leaving the crop on the trees.

This time the mango season has not brought income but worries for many farmers (Mango Price). Due to continuous fall in market prices, the situation has become such that farmers are not even getting their crops harvested. In many orchards, mangoes are rotting on the trees because they cannot even bear the cost of plucking them and sending them to the market.

Farmers in many mango producing areas of Tamil Nadu are facing severe economic crisis. Due to continuously falling prices, some farmers have even decided to cut their orchards. Farmer organizations have demanded immediate intervention from the government and relief.

Mango price dropped by Rs 3 per kg

In the Melur area of ​​Madurai district, the farm level price of Totapuri i.e. Kili Muku variety of mango has come down to only Rs 3 per kg. Mango is cultivated on more than one thousand acres of land in this area. But due to the current prices, it has become difficult for the farmers to recover the cost.

Spending lakhs on one acre

Farmers say that including the maintenance, irrigation, medicines, fertilizers and other expenses of one acre of mango orchard, about one lakh rupees are spent every year. Despite this, the price available in the market is so low that farming has become a loss-making deal. Mango prices have been falling continuously in the last two years.

Expensive in the market, farmers are not getting benefit

Farmers say that the price of mango on the farm is only Rs 3 per kg, whereas the same mango is being sold at Rs 40 or more in the retail market. Juices and other products made from mangoes are also sold at high prices, but its benefits are not reaching the farmers.

Even harvesting is becoming expensive

In the current situation, it has become difficult to meet the wages, transportation, commission and other expenses. According to farmers, the daily wage of a laborer is around Rs 700. In such a situation, many times the harvesting expenses are not covered even after selling the entire crop. For this reason many farmers have stopped harvesting mangoes and left the fruits on the trees.

Demand for MSP increased

Farmer organizations have demanded the government to fix the minimum support price for mango. He says that considering the production cost (Mango Price), a support price of at least Rs 20 per kg should be fixed. Besides, arrangements for direct procurement from farmers through fruit pulp and juice industries should also be ensured.

Crisis deepens in many districts

Farmers say that this problem is not limited to Madurai only. Farmers in major mango producing districts like Krishnagiri, Salem, Dharmapuri and Dindigul are also facing similar problems. If appropriate steps are not taken in time, a large number of farmers may be forced to abandon mango cultivation, which may impact production in the coming years.