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A kilogram (2.2 pounds) of tomatoes sold in India’s capital New Delhi this week cost 107 rupees ($1.29), a startling jump from the 27 rupees ($0.33) recorded in January, according to data from ...
During the summer, tomatoes went from 20 rupees (25 cents) to as much as 100 rupees ($1.25), while onions rose from 30 rupees (35 cents) to 180 rupees ($2.10), stretching families’ budgets to ...
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It yielded a harvest of more than 32,000 tomatoes, together weighing 522 kg (1,151 lb). [112] [113] The town of Buñol, Spain, annually celebrates La Tomatina, a festival centered on an enormous tomato fight. On 30 August 2007, as many as 40,000 Spaniards gathered to throw 115,000 kg (254,000 lb) of tomatoes at each other in the festival. [114]
The Indian minister of agriculture Sharad Pawar meets representatives of the All India Fair Price Shop Dealer's Federation in 2004.. The Public Distribution System (PDS) is a food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor at subsidised rates.
India is highly skewed in the distribution of its agricultural resources, and accordingly, select regions have benefitted from a MSP. [24] As per 2013 Ministry of Statistics data only 23% of farmers in the rural agricultural households in India are aware of MSP of crops. [8] Awareness varies from 0 to 50% according to state. [8]
This is a list of countries by tomato production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for tomatoes in 2022 was 186,107,972 metric tonnes , a decrease of 1.7% from 189,281,485 tonnes in 2021. [ 1 ]
The shortage caused several fast food chains to stop offering tomatoes unless requested [3] [4] and supermarkets rationed their supplies. [5] Prices for tomatoes in the Eastern United States reached prices several times the cost prior to the crop loss. [5] [6] Wholesale prices rose from around $7 for a 25 lb box to $30. [7]