Some farmers didn't sell because they didn't even pay the labor cost, some of them took it as sold and gave it to the traders without paying the price of the cauliflower.
Bharat Danuwar of Tamaghat, located in Panchkhaal Municipality-4, is planting cauliflower chang near the fence. After the merchant did not take the cauliflower, the cauliflower he cut in his turn started rotting. He is in trouble as the harvest season in which he invested lakhs is about to end and is not being sold.
Bharat said, "Rather than paying the price in the field, the merchant wanted to give as much as he said. "When the price was high, it used to be a loss, but now we have to pay the tax." "I don't even want to waste the crops that I have invested millions in," he said.
Cauli planted by spending 2 lakhs on four plants had grown well. "We thought that we could sell up to 4 lakhs," said Bharat, "It didn't happen as expected, now we have to decide whether the investment will be in the soil." This year, 16,000 kilos of cauliflower have been sold from four plantations. But they have not received the price of the sold cauliflower.
'So far we have given 400 bags of cauliflower to traders, one bag contains 40 kg of cauliflower,' Bharat said, 'The trader has not given a single penny, he said he will give it after it is sold, they say it is difficult to sell it in the market.' He said that there is no loss to the farmers if they sell cauliflower at 20 to 25 rupees per kilo. "We have to buy bags and ropes to sell cauliflower, we don't know when the money will come, we have to figure out how to manage our household," Bharat said.
Bharat feels that the main reason why the farmers here are not getting the price of vegetables is because they are being imported cheaply from India. Harvesting is also ready as it is the time to sow the lambs in the Tamaghat region. But the farmers have not been able to cut the cabbage of the fields where they are planting Golvenda. In the hope of getting the price of cauliflower, which should have been cut and sold months ago, the farmers of Kuro are in a dilemma as the prices started to fall.
Sitaram Danuwar of Panchkhal-4 was selling for 10/12 rupees a month ago, so he waited for the price later. "We thought that the demand in the market would increase during Lagan and the price would be good," he said, "It didn't happen, the cauliflower became cheaper, here the farmers are selling it at 3 to 5 rupees." Some have given the cauliflower to the traders without paying for it, taking it as sold. "It's time for the cauliflower to rot in the field while waiting for the price," he said. Sasikumar Mahat of Panauti municipality-8 Malpi has recently sold cauliflower for 10-12 rupees. He thinks that because there is no demand in the market, the price of cauli is cheap. "Compared to last year, this year is much cheaper", he said, "In this season, I used to sell pohor at 30-35, selling it at such a low price will cause a lot of loss to the farmers." Farmers say that they are not getting fair prices for other vegetables as well as cauliflower. At this time, farmers can be found all over Panchkhaal. Rajaram Mishra of Panchkhal-2 has sold potatoes from the farm at Rs 35 per kg.
``The price of potatoes should have been at least 40-45 this season,'' he said, ``This price is causing loss to the farmers. Indu Shrestha of Kharibot, located in Panauti-8, who has returned from foreign employment and has been cultivating commercial vegetables, has made 150 tunnels in 16 plants and cultivated golva. She is selling a crate of 24 kg at 450 as the price of golvanda has decreased since two/three weeks.
