For Maharashtra farmers, export of grapes turns sour as prices drop
Grape farmers in Maharashtra aren’t comfortable, despite 106,000 tons of grapes in 7,964 containers have been exported from the State, regardless of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic and series of lockdowns. The farmers are bitter that growth in quantity has not helped them as prices have dipped within the worldwide market.
Grape export from Maharashtra has gone up this year in contrast with final year. In 2019-20, Maharashtra exported 92,342 .403 tonnes grapes in 6,842 containers.
Nashik district exported 96,028.132 tonnes. This means, it has accounted for 90 per cent of the entire grapes exported from Maharashtra, whereas Sangli district has shipped out 6,124.348 tonnes (6 per cent of whole grapes export).