Sell Red Chillies - Advice To Farmers
The Virudhunagar Samba variety is expected to be at Rs. 48 – Rs. 54 a kg, while the Ramanad Mundu variety would be higher by Rs. 10 to Rs. 20 a kg. In such a case, the DEMIC has urged farmers to take advantage of the price and sell the chillies during the initial few weeks of arrival of the new crop. Usually red chillies arrive in the major markets in January and extend till mid-May. But, this year due to the delayed monsoon, the arrivals are expected by March-end. The DEMIC team of N. Raveendaran and P. Padmavathy studied the markets at Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Paramakudi, Tuticorin and Chennai.