<p>Common man has to wait for mangoes for a longer time as the king of fruits is being sold at over Rs 180 per kg at agriculture produce marketing companies (APMC).</p>.<p>Chairman K V Nagaraju said the corporation will unveil the online sales portal on Thursday and re-establish the network with apartments to revive the platforms that helped farmers connect directly with consumers last year.</p>.<p>“The price will be dictated by the market. We will only accept the order and pass on the indent to the farmer,” he added.</p>.<p>Last year, as Covid cut off the middlemen, the online portal brought 36,000 customers in direct contact with producing farmers, while the Bangalore Apartment Federation brought lakhs of other customers.</p>.<p>C G Nagaraj, managing director of the Karnataka State Mango Development and Marketing Corporation Limited, said only the Sindhura and Badami (Alphonso) crops from Ramanagar were arriving in the market.</p>.<p>“In the APMC itself, the fruit is being sold at Rs 180 to Rs 190. I have never seen mango prices hit such a high mark, usually reserved for apples. It is good for the farmers. We have to wait for 15 to 20 days for the prices to stabilise,” Nagaraj said.</p>.<p>Though the yield is expected to reduce from 14 to 10 lakh tonnes due to the January rains, market dynamics are expected to stabilise the prices.</p>.<p>“Farmers in north Karnataka are eyeing the Delhi market as a high number of Covid cases in Maharashtra has made it difficult to conduct business there,” he said, adding that a clear picture will emerge by the end of the month.</p>
<p>Common man has to wait for mangoes for a longer time as the king of fruits is being sold at over Rs 180 per kg at agriculture produce marketing companies (APMC).</p>.<p>Chairman K V Nagaraju said the corporation will unveil the online sales portal on Thursday and re-establish the network with apartments to revive the platforms that helped farmers connect directly with consumers last year.</p>.<p>“The price will be dictated by the market. We will only accept the order and pass on the indent to the farmer,” he added.</p>.<p>Last year, as Covid cut off the middlemen, the online portal brought 36,000 customers in direct contact with producing farmers, while the Bangalore Apartment Federation brought lakhs of other customers.</p>.<p>C G Nagaraj, managing director of the Karnataka State Mango Development and Marketing Corporation Limited, said only the Sindhura and Badami (Alphonso) crops from Ramanagar were arriving in the market.</p>.<p>“In the APMC itself, the fruit is being sold at Rs 180 to Rs 190. I have never seen mango prices hit such a high mark, usually reserved for apples. It is good for the farmers. We have to wait for 15 to 20 days for the prices to stabilise,” Nagaraj said.</p>.<p>Though the yield is expected to reduce from 14 to 10 lakh tonnes due to the January rains, market dynamics are expected to stabilise the prices.</p>.<p>“Farmers in north Karnataka are eyeing the Delhi market as a high number of Covid cases in Maharashtra has made it difficult to conduct business there,” he said, adding that a clear picture will emerge by the end of the month.</p>
