Nashik farmer destroys cabbage crop after getting just Rs 1-2 per kg; production costs remain unrecovered

Nashik, Nov 13 (UNI) A young farmer from Ujani village in Sinnar taluka of Nashik district has been forced to destroy his standing cabbage crop by running a rotavator through the field after receiving an extremely low market price of just Rs1 to Rs2 per kg. Farmer Swapnil Sonawane had invested thousands of rupees in seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and agricultural operations to cultivate the crop. However, the price offered in the market was so low that it was not even enough to recover the basic production costs. The situation became even more difficult as expenses on harvesting labour, transportation and…