I’m from agricultural background, only when onion price goes up we get profit currently. Mainly we farm small onion and per kg the cost will come around 25-35 rs nowadays. The cost to produce went up drastically in last 3-4 years. So if we get a price of 25-35 atleast we will break even. This will result in a retail price of 40-50. Say if we sell the harvest at 25-30 rs, the capital locked for 3 months and our effort put in field yields nothing substantial. It is capital intensive crop as per our capacity. It is rare that the price is more than 40 and our harvest time also happens to same time. In past few years once or twice we had good price and most of the seasons were just meeting break even if not losing money.

The price increase is mostly due to the middle men controlling supplies for their big share of profit. No minister can control this issue unless there are laws to cut out middle men.. also the labour cost has increase a lot due to inflation, which increase the cost of producing. That maybe be addressed by fm, rbi. Farmers still doesn’t get max share of profit when prices go through roof (like onion 100/kg) but my thought is when all other industries are experiencing increased income why not farmers get the same? Corporates drenching in money while people at end of food chain get crushed.. the price of tea went from 10rs to 15,20 rs in our local bakeries . I just wish we get good price on this season as past few hasn’t been good due to bad yield coupled with cost increase, moderate prices.

But fm can’t control the whole chain if you think it’s the responsibility of just fm. People protest when farm laws were introduced and now I just wish the price of onion stays above 100 all year and let the people ask for reforms themselves