PUNE: Amid skyrocketing costs of tomatoes throughout the nation, a farmer in Maharashtra’s Pune district claimed to have earned greater than Rs 2.8 crore by promoting tomatoes. Ishwar Gayakar (36) and his spouse, who hails from Pune’s Junnar taluka, don’t intend to cease at this. The farmer couple has set a goal to earn Rs 3.5 crore with a inventory of round 4000 crates of tomatoes out there with him. Speaking about his arduous work all through the years, Ishwar Gaikar mentioned, “This is not something I have earned in one day. I have been cultivating tomatoes on my 12-acre farm for the last six-seven years now. I have also incurred losses several times but I have never left my hopes. In 2021, I had made a loss of rupees 18-20 lakhs but I did not stop.”
Speaking about his earnings, this 12 months, Gaikar mentioned, “This year, I have cultivated tomatoes on 12 acres and till today, I have sold around 17000 crates priced between Rs 770 to Rs 2311 per crate. So in total, I have earned Rs 2.8 crore till now.”
“I still have a stock of around 3000 to 4000 crates of tomatoes at my farm. So if you calculate, my total earnings this year would go up to around Rs 3.5 crore,” he added. Gaikar mentioned that his household is glad along with his success. Thanking his spouse who additionally works with him on the farm and the blessing of his dad and mom and grandparents, he mentioned, “I feel this success has come to me because of the blessings of my parents, grandparents and hard work of my wife who works with me in the farm. Everyone in my family is happy with the price we got for our tomatoes.”
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Gaikar shared that he thought that he would get round 30 rupees per kg by promoting tomatoes however his fortunes turned this season. “Before this season, I had in my mind that I would get around 30 rupees per kg for the price of tomatoes, but it turned out to be a bumper lottery for me this time,” he mentioned. Gaykar is farming since 2005. He took over farming from his father and now he works at his farm along with his spouse. Earlier, they use to domesticate tomatoes on only one acre of land. Later with the supply of labour from 2017, he’s cultivating tomatoes on 12 acres. Other than tomatoes, Gaykar additionally cultivates onions and flowers in respective seasons.
Earlier, in a aid for shoppers, who had been compelled to go off tomatoes after their costs went by means of the roof throughout the nation, the Centre on Sunday diminished the wholesale value of tomatoes from Rs 90 to Rs 80 per kg. According to an official launch, after re-assessing the present scenario of the market, the Centre determined to revise the value of tomatoes. The modifications within the value might be executed from July 16, Sunday, in Delhi, Noida, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Muzaffarpur and Arrah by means of the National Agriculture Cooperation Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and the National Consumer Cooperation Federation (NCCF).
It might be expanded to extra cities relying upon the prevailing market value on the present areas. The charges of tomatoes had been beforehand revised on July 14 to Rs 90 per kg.
