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Tomatoes arriving astatine the herb wholesale marketplace successful Madanapalle of Annamayya territory connected Monday.
Tomato prices proceed to emergence crossed the Rayalaseema districts, with the Madanapalle wholesale marketplace successful Annamayya district, considered Asia’s largest, quoting ₹63 a kg aft a steep leap from ₹10 past week. Daily arrivals astatine the Madanapalle marketplace stood astatine astir 140 metric tonnes connected Monday, compared to 8 to 9 times that measurement during the aforesaid play past year. Farmers property the crisp autumn successful yields to continuous rains and aboriginal November fog. The adverse upwind damaged crops, reduced flowering and triggered fungal infections, tightening supplies, according to horticulture officials. Retail prices person touched astir ₹80 a kg successful rootlike and municipal markets crossed Tirupati, Chittoor, Kadiri, Anantapur and Kurnool. Limited exports owed to harvest harm person pushed rates to much than ₹100 successful Chennai and Bengaluru. Consumers accidental the disposable banal is visibly inferior, with achromatic spots, uneven ripening and mediocre support life. Traders property the terms surge to weather-related harvest losses, disrupted proviso chains and seasonal request driven by Margasira month, Ayyappa deeksha, Vaikunta Ekadasi and the approaching Sankranti season. A horticulture serviceman successful Madanapalle said that with nary large caller harvest expected immediately, herb prices are apt to transverse ₹100 a kg successful the home markets by the extremity of the month, adding to household worries.
Published - November 24, 2025 06:37 p.m. IST
