India decided to import tomatoes from Nepal against a rise in prices for 1400%

India started importing tomatoes from Nepal against a record rise in prices for these vegetables. The minister of finance reported India about it Nirmala Sitkharaman. information agency "Reuters" write that wholesale prices for tomatoes to India for the last three months grew by 1400% – to 140 rupees, or $1,69 for kg that is a record indicator. Farmers explain such dynamics with high temperatures and an insufficient amount of precipitation, and also the outbreak of a virus which affected a crop. Sitkharaman reported that the first parties of tomatoes from Nepal will arrive on Friday to the cities in the north India – Varanasi, Lucknow and Kanpur. "Was...