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TN introduces mobile processing units in tomato hub Dharmapuri
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SME Times News Bureau | 20 May, 2022
The Tamil Nadu Agriculture department has introduced two mobile tomato
processing units to help farmers overcome fluctuating prices of the
vegetable in Dharmapuri, the tomato hub of the state.
The
prices of tomato are now at an all time high with Thursday recording Rs
100 to 110 per kg of tomato. In December 2021, the price of tomato was
Rs 90 per kilogram while in March 2022 it crashed to Rs 5 and Rs 7. In
May 2022, the prices touched anywhere between Rs 100 and Rs 110 per
kilogram.
The Tamil Nadu Agriculture Marketing Department
introduced two mobile tomato processing units to help the farmers
convert the tomato into value added products like sauce, jam and juice.
This will help the farmers to overcome the fluctuating prices to an
extent thereby supporting them from falling into debt traps.
It
is to be noted that tomato is the most cultivated crop in Dharmapuri
which is considered as the tomato hub of Tamil Nadu. In this district,
tomato is cultivated in around 2460 hectares and the yield at an average
is over 58,400 tonnes a year.
An officer with the Tamil Nadu
Agriculture department told IANS: "During off seasons, farmers dump
their produce as they don't get prices and with the help of mobile
units, they can convert their produce into value added products thus
reaping profits.
R. Chllappan, a tomato farmer at Dharmapuri
said: "We think that the Mobile Processing Units will help us overcome
the issue of dumping tomatoes when price falls and if we can make value
added products, the losses can be curtailed and help prevent farmers
from falling into a debt trap."
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