Tomato Farmer

This is just a glimpse into the future of Indian agriculture, where science and tradition collaborate to create a more sustainable and profitable future for farmers and consumers alike.

Heavy demand and skyrocketing prices of tomatoes have prompted a farmer from Maharashtra to install a CCTV camera on his farm to keep an eye on his plantation of the kitchen staple.

Vegetable prices in India are set to stay higher for longer, as erratic monsoon rains delayed planting and damaged ripening crops, farmers and traders said.

B Mahipal Reddy from Mohd Nagar village in Kaudipally mandal of Medak district on Tuesday said tomatoes worth one crore rupees are yet to be harvested in his fields.

A farmer's 400 kg of tomatoes harvested and stacked in a vehicle outside his house in Maharashtra's Pune were reportedly stolen, the police said on Friday.

An eight-fold surge in tomato prices is making some farmers rich, although their windfall gains may be short-lived due to a likely rise in supplies in the coming weeks.

A second tomato grower was killed in Annamaya district of Andhra Pradesh in the last seven days, police said.

Amid skyrocketing prices of tomatoes across the country, a farmer in Maharashtra's Pune district claimed to have earned more than Rs 2.8 crore by selling tomatoes.

At a time when tomato prices have crossed the 100-rupee mark, the ongoing calamity in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh may jack up the rates further.

A Madhya Pradesh farmer claims to have sold tomatoes worth eight crores this year. This prompted a visit to his house by the state Agriculture Minister.

But have you ever heard of 'Ugliest Tomato Contest'? As the name says, it is a contest where farmers compete against each other to find who grew the ugliest tomato among all.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today headed a meeting of his cabinet colleagues and state officials to work out ways to help farmers hit by restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Images of farmers dumping produce including milk and tomatoes as they could not get a good price have been widely shared.

Nazir, 70-year-old farmer from Naya Khera village in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, has cooked a meal of watered-down dal and rotis for dinner. "To make the dal tighter, I will need more dal. When we have less money, the dal will also be less," he says.

Bhadramma grows tomatoes, maize and potatoes on her one acre land in Karnataka's Doddaballapur Taluk. Like millions of farmers across the country, she took a loan to help improve her condition - a loan that has now been waived by the Karnataka government.

Union minister Jual Oram yesterday said there is an urgent need to bridge the "stark differences" between the prices farmers get for their produce and the prevailing market rates

This is just a glimpse into the future of Indian agriculture, where science and tradition collaborate to create a more sustainable and profitable future for farmers and consumers alike.

Heavy demand and skyrocketing prices of tomatoes have prompted a farmer from Maharashtra to install a CCTV camera on his farm to keep an eye on his plantation of the kitchen staple.

Vegetable prices in India are set to stay higher for longer, as erratic monsoon rains delayed planting and damaged ripening crops, farmers and traders said.

B Mahipal Reddy from Mohd Nagar village in Kaudipally mandal of Medak district on Tuesday said tomatoes worth one crore rupees are yet to be harvested in his fields.

A farmer's 400 kg of tomatoes harvested and stacked in a vehicle outside his house in Maharashtra's Pune were reportedly stolen, the police said on Friday.

An eight-fold surge in tomato prices is making some farmers rich, although their windfall gains may be short-lived due to a likely rise in supplies in the coming weeks.

A second tomato grower was killed in Annamaya district of Andhra Pradesh in the last seven days, police said.

Amid skyrocketing prices of tomatoes across the country, a farmer in Maharashtra's Pune district claimed to have earned more than Rs 2.8 crore by selling tomatoes.

At a time when tomato prices have crossed the 100-rupee mark, the ongoing calamity in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh may jack up the rates further.

A Madhya Pradesh farmer claims to have sold tomatoes worth eight crores this year. This prompted a visit to his house by the state Agriculture Minister.

But have you ever heard of 'Ugliest Tomato Contest'? As the name says, it is a contest where farmers compete against each other to find who grew the ugliest tomato among all.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today headed a meeting of his cabinet colleagues and state officials to work out ways to help farmers hit by restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Images of farmers dumping produce including milk and tomatoes as they could not get a good price have been widely shared.

Nazir, 70-year-old farmer from Naya Khera village in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, has cooked a meal of watered-down dal and rotis for dinner. "To make the dal tighter, I will need more dal. When we have less money, the dal will also be less," he says.

Bhadramma grows tomatoes, maize and potatoes on her one acre land in Karnataka's Doddaballapur Taluk. Like millions of farmers across the country, she took a loan to help improve her condition - a loan that has now been waived by the Karnataka government.

Union minister Jual Oram yesterday said there is an urgent need to bridge the "stark differences" between the prices farmers get for their produce and the prevailing market rates