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Hundreds of distressed mango growers in Karnataka s Kolar district have been dumping mangoes on roads near Srinivasapura over a week due to steep fall in demand and crash in their prices, traders said on Sunday.
Price crash and fungal infection force growers to dump quintals of mangoes on highway
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Last Updated: Jun 27, 2021, 04:04 PM IST
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Karnataka State Mango Development and Marketing Corporation Limited chairman K V Nagaraju said most of the crop destroyed this time is Totapuri variety though other crops suffered minimum losses.
There was unexpected rain and hailstorm in the district causing severe damage to the crops.
Mango growers in Karnataka s Kolar district have dumped many quintals of mangoes following the Anthracnose fungal infection and crash in mango prices, a farmer leader said. Mango growers are in distress in the district due to terrible losses. With no aid coming from the government, farmers have dumped loads of mangoes by the roadside in some parts of Srinivasapura in the district, Kolar District Mango Growers and Marketing Association president Neelaturu Chinnappa Reddy told P T I.
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