Big onion farmers are facing major difficulties from just-completed harvests as prices have slumped at the Dambulla Economic Centre. Onions are trading at Rs. 40 – 50 per kg at present while farmers say they need to get much to pay off loans apart from a small profit which is unthinkable one. Here a farmer [...]

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Big onion farmers are facing major difficulties from just-completed harvests as prices have slumped at the Dambulla Economic Centre. Onions are trading at Rs. 40 – 50 per kg at present while farmers say they need to get much to pay off loans apart from a small profit which is unthinkable one. Here a farmer contemplates the future besides unsold stocks. Pic and text by Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa

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