Prices of leafy, other veggies soar up to 67%
7 March 2015 5:10 AM IST
Retail prices of leafy vegetables like spinach and other winter staples like carrot, cauliflower and peas have shot up as much as 67 per cent in the national Capital over the last five days due to unseasonal rains.
Retail prices of vegetables are expected to be under pressure for the next two days due to tight supplies as the wholesale markets will remain closed for national holiday, Holi on Friday, traders said.
However, there is no supply constraint for potato and onion, and their prices are stable, a senior Union Agriculture Ministry official said. “Due to water-logging, harvesting of some vegetables has been delayed. There is 30-35 per cent jump in rates of leafy green vegetables and 20-50 per cent in other vegetables,” Azadpur Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) member Rajendra Kumar said. Small Farmers’ Agriculture-Business Consortium (SFAC) Managing Director Pravesh Sharma said that there is no problem in onion and potato supply. Farmers are draining out excess water from fields and logistics problems have also caused to tight supply situation in some
vegetables.
Mother Dairy’s Safal outlets are selling potato at Rs 11.90 per kg and onion at Rs 30 per kg on Thursday. Even vegetable hawkers are selling these two commodities more or less at these rates.
Retail prices of vegetables are expected to be under pressure for the next two days due to tight supplies as the wholesale markets will remain closed for national holiday, Holi on Friday, traders said.
However, there is no supply constraint for potato and onion, and their prices are stable, a senior Union Agriculture Ministry official said. “Due to water-logging, harvesting of some vegetables has been delayed. There is 30-35 per cent jump in rates of leafy green vegetables and 20-50 per cent in other vegetables,” Azadpur Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) member Rajendra Kumar said. Small Farmers’ Agriculture-Business Consortium (SFAC) Managing Director Pravesh Sharma said that there is no problem in onion and potato supply. Farmers are draining out excess water from fields and logistics problems have also caused to tight supply situation in some
vegetables.
Mother Dairy’s Safal outlets are selling potato at Rs 11.90 per kg and onion at Rs 30 per kg on Thursday. Even vegetable hawkers are selling these two commodities more or less at these rates.
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