由於作物災害 印度番茄價格瘋漲

Much to the discomfort of consumers, retail tomato prices in the national capital have skyrocketed by up to 65 per cent to Rs 60-70 per kg in a fortnight due to crop damage in producing states.

由於產地的作物災害，印度首都的番茄零售價在兩週內上漲了65%，達到每公斤60至70盧比，這讓消費者感到不安。

The prices have risen sharply in other metros as well.

其他大都市的農作物價格也大幅上漲。

Tomato is available at Rs 50 a kg in Kolkata, Rs 40-45 in Chennai and Rs 35-40 in Mumbai, trade data showed.

貿易數據顯示，印度加爾各答番茄的售價爲每公斤50盧比，金奈則爲每公斤40至45盧比，孟買售價爲每公斤35至40盧比。

Meanwhile, the central government said the price rise in tomato is a "seasonal phenomena" and it is keeping a close watch on the price Movement.

與此同時，中央政府表示，番茄價格上漲是一種“季節性現象”，目前政府正在密切關注價格走勢。

'Tomato is a perishable item. We are keeping a close watch on prices. The states have also been told to be vigilant so that there is no artificial shortage of supplies and price hike', Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan told PTI.

食品和消費者事務部部長拉姆·維拉斯·帕斯萬在接受《印度報業托拉斯》採訪時表示：“番茄是易腐物品。我們正在密切關注價格。當然各州也被告知並保持警惕，這樣就不會出現人爲的供應短缺和價格上漲。”

Even the price data maintained by the ministry also showed a sharp increase in prices of tomato in the last one week.

甚至連農業部的價格數據也顯示，在過去的一個星期裏，番茄的價格大幅上漲。

Wholesale traders in Delhi attributed the rising price trend in tomato to tight supplies owing to the crop damage because of rains in Haryana and other producing states.

德里的批發貿易商將番茄價格上漲的趨勢歸因於由於哈里亞納邦和其他生產州的降雨所造成的作物災害。

'More than 70 per cent of the tomato crop has been damaged due to excess rains followed by heat in Haryana, one of the key suppliers of the produce to Delhi', said Ashok Kaushik, President of the Tomato Merchants Association, Asia's largest wholesale market for fruits and vegetables.

亞洲最大的水果和蔬菜批發市場“番茄商人協會”的主席阿肖克·考希克說道：“在哈里亞納邦，有超過70%的番茄作物遭到了雨水的破壞，而哈里亞納邦是德里的主要農產品供應商之一。”