🔴 Ground Report
Why Nashik's Onion Farmers Are Burning Their Own Harvest
Sneha Deshmukh
12 Aug 2026, 02:30 am Lasalgaon, Nashik
At a Glance
- What?
- Wholesale onion prices have dropped below production cost. We met farmers at Asia's largest onion market to understand why.
- Where?
- Lasalgaon, Nashik,
- When?
- 12 Aug 2026, 02:30 am
- Who?
- Sneha Deshmukh
- Why It Matters?
- This ground report brings first-hand, on-location testimony from the community directly affected.
At Lasalgaon's wholesale market, farmers describe selling their harvest at a loss rather than paying to transport it home. The Top Interview examines the supply chain factors behind the price collapse.
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