For a while now, Keralite and Kannada farmers are transporting their ginger to Chennai and Bangalore, earning large amounts of money. Unfortunately, their Odia counterparts are not able to do this as much. This is due to a lack of awareness about the crop among local farmers and the absence of support from the Horticulture department.
However, local farmers have not been able to take advantage of the situation. The Keralite and Kannada farmers also buy the ginger grown by the locals at a very cheap rate and then make huge profits out of it by sending the product to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Local farmers said that they are missing out on good profits as prices of ginger have gone up from Rs 80 per kilogram to Rs 150/kg in the wholesale market. Currently, ginger traders at Semiliguda in Koraput district are selling it at Rs 148 per kilogram. Local traders pointed out that soon ginger may hit the Rs 200/kg-mark.
[ Rs 100 = €1.10 ]
Source: orissapost.com