Farmers worried over falling sweet potato prices

Kudige, Mar. 13: The price of sweet potato, which is grown mostly in Kushalnagar taluk and Somwarpet taluk of the district and depends on rain and tube well water, has now fallen again, making it bitter for the farmers.

The farmers of the taluk used to farm with low cost and without the use of much labor, using less water, which used to generate a small amount of income for the farmers, along with the use of potato vines for fodder for cows, and now the farmers are worried over the fall in the sweet potato crop this year.

For the last 5 months, the price of sweet potato was 14 to 15 rupees per kg and was being transported from the district to neighboring states like Kerala and Maharashtra. However, now the price has suddenly fluctuated and the price, which was 10 rupees in the last one month, is now only Rs. 6. Due to this, the farmers who grew sweet potatoes are in distress.

It has already been 5 months since the sweet potato vine was planted and cultivated, although the crop has come out well, the farmers in the area have started harvesting even at low prices because they have to harvest it even if it is not worth the price.

Sweet potato is a crop of about five and a half months, and after 5 months, the potato tubers in the ground start to get worms, and the farmers have already started harvesting it even though it is at low prices. Even though the sweet potato crop is sprayed with chemical drugs, the surface of the sweet potato crop is free of worms, but the sweet potato tubers inside the soil are found to be infested with worms, so buyers are hesitant. Due to this, the farmers who grew sweet potatoes are losing money, said the farmers of this area, Swami, Ravi, Anil, Shashidhar, Jayamma, Shivanna, who are pro-progress farmers. Many farmers, including the president of the Farmers' Association, Ramu Chamegowda, have expressed their grief. - K.K. Nagarajashetty

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