Kanive, May 4: The price of the ginger crop grown last time, i.e. old ginger, has now increased somewhat in the market. This has made ginger growers happy. The price of ginger, which was around Rs 2,600 for the last six or seven months, crossed Rs 5,000 in the last three days. But that price was not there after three days. On the fourth day, it fell by Rs 1,000 again. So, the price is now around Rs 4,200. The increase in the price of old ginger has brought some relief to the growers.
The recent heat wave is making ginger growers nervous.
In most places, the groundwater in the tube wells that farmers depend on for irrigation has depleted and the tube wells have stopped working. Water is draining into lakes, ponds and ditches. The flow of water in the Cauvery and Harangi rivers has also decreased. Farmers who depend on tube wells are now facing a difficult situation as they need to water their fields with sufficient water.
In the months of March and April, farmers have again started sowing ginger in lakhs of hectares of land. In another three to four months, the ginger sown in March will be ready for the market. But the current price is too much for the farmers who have not harvested the ginger crop grown last time in the hope of a good price.
Because, as the land is waiting for the scorching sun, the ginger crop inside the ground is losing its coolness and there is a risk of yield reduction.
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