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Hyderabad gears up for Toma Terra, a tomato-throwing festival inspired by Spain’s La Tomatina. Scheduled for May 11 at Experium Eco Park, the event promises music, dance, and fun—while pledging to recycle tomato waste as manure

Farmers are urging the State government to step in with measures such as cold storage infrastructure and a minimum support price to ensure stability in the tomato market

While tomatoes are being sold at Rs 10-15 a kg in retail market, farmers are getting just Rs 5. In Siddipet, some farmers even abandoned their crop after traders offered them just Rs 2.5 a kg!

During this period, tomato prices at Azadpur mandi dropped nearly 50%, from ₹5,883 per quintal to ₹2,969 per quintal, due to increased arrivals. Similar price declines were observed in key markets like Pimpalgaon, Madanapalle, and Kolar. According to the Department of Agriculture's third advance estimate, total tomato production for 2023-24 is projected at 213.20 lakh tonnes, a 4% increase from 204.25 lakh tonnes in 2022-23.

Twenty days ago, one kg of tomato was sold at Rs.30 to Rs.40 and it shot up to Rs.60 a week ago. Within the last few days, it has gone up to Rs.100.

The government is likely to buy tomatoes directly from farmers in regions where prices have crashed due to a bumper crop creating a glut in the local market.

Only a few days ago, tomatoes were being sold for Rs 150 to Rs 200 a kg, but now the same veggie is being dumped on roads by the farmers

The farmers at Pyapili market were seen dumping tomatoes in the open and leaving them for cattle to feed on.

Nepal has exported 6,69,680 kg of tomatoes to India via three border points within two weeks, records at the customs office along the border have shown

Cooperatives NCCF and NAFED will start selling tomatoes at a reduced rate of Rs 40 per kilogram from August 20 amid declining price of the kitchen staple in wholesale and retail markets.

The Government of India has already included some vegetable items, including tomato, produced in Nepal in its quarantine list so as to facilitate its export to India, he said.

It is noteworthy that the menace of stary bulls has been a major problem for farmers who have been losing their crop.

The grower said he embraced digital surveillance for his farm at Shahpur Banjar, about 20 km from Aurangabad, after tomato thieves struck there.

Photographer Vemula Anand has come up with an irresistible offer for customers who visit his studio for a set of passport photos.

Miscreants stole 10 boxes of tomatoes, weighing 250 kg, from a vegetable vendor's shop at the vegetable market in Sadashivpet on Tuesday.

According to reports, the consignment, worth roughly Rs 4. 8 lakhs, was handed over to the customs officials for its destruction after being seized on July 7.

Consumers can place their orders from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm daily and the delivery will be made the next day

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister wished KTR to celebrate many more such birthdays and assume more high positions in the future.

According to Wankidi Sub-Inspector D Sagar, two policemen were stationed at the lorry for five hours to prevent locals from looting tomatoes.

Shukla participated in the plantation drive under the UP Government's massive tree plantation program and planted saplings