He said he is selling kinnow at Rs 6-7 per kg as against Rs 20 per kg last season. “A small kinnow grower like me does not have the capacity to go to Delhi or UP to sell to get higher price,” he adds. The other major horticulture crop in Punjab, potato, is facing the same fate as prices have been falling continuously for over a week now. And for potato, traders are saying that this time potato-growing states like UP, West Bengal have less demand from Punjab due to good crop there. Around 56,000 hectares are under kinnow and Punjab is expecting to get around 13.50 lakh tonnes kinnow yield against 12.50 lakh tonnes last season.

Source: Indian Express December 26, 2020 05:48 UTC