ગુજરાતી
English
(Dilip Patel)
Lemon is being sold for the last few days at a price of Rs 10 per nugget. There has never been such a price. Last year in 2021, lemon production in Gujarat was not good. So the prices were high. Fewer lemons are ripe in 2022 as well. Ripe lemons come in somsa. The lemons before this are chemically ripened. Presently yellow lemons are found in Gujarat.
The farmers of Andhra Pradesh earned but the lemons of the farmers of Gujarat are not yet finished in Babar. The farmers of Gujarat will get the lemon crop after 15 days. Raw lemons will arrive after 15 days. Ripe lemons come in monsoon. Lemons are raw or dark green – dipped in chemicals and then turned yellow. 100 out of 100 lemons are baked this way. The way bananas are chemically baked. Then put in ice or refrigerated ice. The effect of the chemical is immediate. So keep it in ice.
Yellow lemons are chemically dipped. Bottled lemon juice is better than eating ripe lemons. Companies buy lemons in bulk. The truckload boils. Due to which the lemon oil separates from the peel.
From Clock to Nandasan village, 50 traders come in a season. brought from Andhra. From there Nandasan sends another. They bake in chemicals.
In monsoon, raw lemons of Gujarat farmers are sold for Rs. That’s why traders get off early to earn more. Sell yellow.
Bad weather, low production, rising prices. Extreme heat waves and subsequent cold winds have affected lemon production.
Lemon cultivation is booming in Gujarat. 1 to 1.20 lakh farmers grow 6 to 7 lakh tonnes of lemon in 46 to 50 thousand hectares. Which is 19.25 percent of India. India produces 3.2 million tonnes of lemons.
In 2014-15, 4.62 lakh tonnes of lemons were ripe. 6 lakh tonnes of lemons were ripe in 2017-19 and 7 lakh tonnes in 2020. Production in 2021 was less than 5 lakh tonnes and good production in 2022
The yield is 13 to 16 tonnes per hectare. The farmers of Gujarat grow the largest number of lemons in India. Anand Agricultural University produced 30 tonnes of lemon per hectare.
The southern states have less production.
Rising prices of diesel, petrol, crude oil and kerosene have also affected the transportation cost of lemons.
Lemon prices have skyrocketed due to bad weather, low production and high fuel prices.
When the lemon orchards bear fruit after the rains, the prices will come down.
There is indeed a strong correlation between low yields of lemons.
Record breaking temperatures were witnessed in March and April. Such rapid changes in weather conditions wreak havoc on horticultural production. The major states of lemon production are in South India.
Yields have also declined due to floods and high temperatures. Dheeraj Tiwari, an agronomist of Unnao’s Dhaura Krishi Vigyan Kendra, told Gaon Connection.
According to APEDA (Processed Food Products Export Development Authority), Andhra Pradesh has the highest number of lemons, followed by Gujarat, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
This year heavy rains, deficient rains, floods, change in wind and unseasonal heat waves have adversely affected lemon production in the state.
Before March, lemon was being sold at Rs 40-50 per kg in the vegetable market.
Lemon prices have had a marginal impact on sales. Though the entire product is sold, sometimes the goods get stuck.”
Andhra Pradesh has achieved only 40 per cent production this year. There is a lot of demand for lemons and prices are skyrocketing, but that doesn’t mean people are ready to buy lemons.
Commodity suppliers make better profits than farmers. Commodity is a gamble. No one can guarantee that lemon prices will remain high after a week. It takes around 5 days to reach Gujarat from Andhra Pradesh.
The yield is expected to increase after the onset of monsoon in the next two months (May-June). After two weeks the prices may come down.
Everyone thinks twice about spending ten bucks for a lemon.
