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HARTI assures no unusual vegetable price hike till year end

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The Hector Kobbekaduwa Agricultural Research and Training Institute (HARTI) has emphasized that there is no risk of an unusual rise in vegetable prices until the end of this year.

The institution emphasized these facts by handing over a research report to Agriculture and Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, on the possible situations that may arise regarding the behaviour of the price levels of vegetables and fruits as well as other food crops in the market in the months of May and June.

Every year, the harvest of vegetables, which are grown in the Maha Season and the Yala Season, ends by the end of April. Therefore, there is an increase in the price of vegetables in the months of May, June and July. But this time, due to heavy rains in the last Maha Season, vegetable cultivation started late, and vegetable crops destroyed by rain had to be restarted. Due to the arrival of all these crops at the same time, the prices of vegetables in the market rapidly go down.

HARTI states that if there is heavy rain in the last two weeks of May, there may be some increase in vegetable prices till June.

In terms of weather, if there is no severe impact in the coming period and if the current good weather conditions remain the same, there will be no unusual rise in vegetable prices until the end of this year.

The prices of Nadu rice, which is consumed by about 90 percent of the people, will remain unchanged in the next three months. But this early warning report also indicates that there may be some increase in the prices of Keeri Samba and Samba rice. This is because the prices of these two types of rice have already exceeded the control price.

Also, the maize harvest has increased this year. Also, maize farmers have received a good price for now. At present, the price of one kilogram of maize is sold at prices like Rs. 125-135.

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