Amaravati: With the price of tomato dropping sharply, tomato farmers in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district are throwing their produce on roads.

The price in Pathikonda wholesale market in Kurnool district plummeted to one rupee per kilogram, dealing a huge blow to the farmers.

The tomato growers lodged their protest by dumping their produce on the road. This resulted in traffic jam on Gooty-Mantralayam Road.

The protesting farmers demanded that the government come to their rescue by ensuring remunerative prices. They also demanded immediate setting up of tomato processing factory in the region to help them.

Andhra Pradesh leads in tomato productivity with 41.22 tonnes per hectare across 62,000 hectares. The estimated tomato yield in the district is 22.17 lakh tonnes. In Kurnool alone,

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