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India: Drought drives tomato price sky high in Kolar

Tomato growers of Kolar district, who have often dumped truckloads of tomatoes on roads, are now preserving each and every little red fruit, thanks to the boom in the procurement price of the vegetable. Kolar district is known for its tomato crop, and it's been a practice with the farmers to dump all they've grown, once they fail to secure a remunerative price.

This time around, thanks to failure of rain, tomato prices have shot up, with a box of 15kg selling at Rs 500 (6.40 Euro). The rate has been constant throughout June, APMC sources told the Times of Inida.