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Low price puts ginger farmers in a fix Updated: Updated: Spot price in Wayanad drops to ₹900 a bag from ₹2,900 last year Share Article Spot price in Wayanad drops to ₹900 a bag from ₹2,900 last year The low price of ginger rhizomes and a sharp decline in production have cast a shadow on thousands of ginger farmers across Kerala and Karnataka. The spot price of ginger in the Wayanad market on Saturday was ₹850 to ₹900 a bag (60 kg) as against ₹2,900 a bag in the corresponding period last year. “During winter, there was huge demand for the produce in north Indian markets. However, there were no enquiries from those markets owing to the morbid state following the farmer agitation,” said K. Benny, a trader at Sulthan Bathery. ....