No respite as vegetable prices skyrocket
The Hindu
Traders say it is due to the heavy rainfall and resultant crop damage in neighbouring States
Household budgets are taking a severe beating as skyrocketing vegetable prices show no sign of easing.
The rates have shot up over the past few weeks due to the heavy rainfall and resultant crop damage in neighbouring States, traders here say.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.