<p>A video showing a group of farmers dumping freshly-harvested guavas into a civic garbage collection vehicle here has gone viral on social media, with the experts saying that a bumper crop of the fruit this year has resulted in its prices falling.</p>.<p>The wholesale prices of this vitamin C-rich fruit at Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Fruit and Vegetable Market in Indore currently ranges between Rs 4 and Rs 10 per kilo, sources in the market said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Farm sector experts said the prices of guava have nosedived due to its abundant crop, which is ultimately causing losses to the cultivators.</p>.<p>Due to the falling prices, disappointed farmers are leaving behind the fruits in the market after finding that they are not getting enough returns.</p>.<p>The farmers know that transporting the fruits back was not beneficial due to the costs involved, they added.</p>.<p>Talking to PTI, Rajesh Patel, who grows this fruit in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district, said, "The bumper guava harvest in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and other states has sent its prices crashing."</p>.<p>The wholesale market of guava in Delhi, which supplies this fruit to the northern part of the country, has been hit hard due to the coronavirus situation there, he said.</p>.<p>Country guavas perish in three-four day after being plucked, he added. </p>
<p>A video showing a group of farmers dumping freshly-harvested guavas into a civic garbage collection vehicle here has gone viral on social media, with the experts saying that a bumper crop of the fruit this year has resulted in its prices falling.</p>.<p>The wholesale prices of this vitamin C-rich fruit at Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Fruit and Vegetable Market in Indore currently ranges between Rs 4 and Rs 10 per kilo, sources in the market said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Farm sector experts said the prices of guava have nosedived due to its abundant crop, which is ultimately causing losses to the cultivators.</p>.<p>Due to the falling prices, disappointed farmers are leaving behind the fruits in the market after finding that they are not getting enough returns.</p>.<p>The farmers know that transporting the fruits back was not beneficial due to the costs involved, they added.</p>.<p>Talking to PTI, Rajesh Patel, who grows this fruit in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district, said, "The bumper guava harvest in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and other states has sent its prices crashing."</p>.<p>The wholesale market of guava in Delhi, which supplies this fruit to the northern part of the country, has been hit hard due to the coronavirus situation there, he said.</p>.<p>Country guavas perish in three-four day after being plucked, he added. </p>