AMMAN — The head of the
Jordan Valley Farmers Union, Adnan
Khaddam, said that consumers are bound to notice a decrease in the prices of
fruit and vegetables due to the increase in the quantities available in central
markets, despite the fact that this year “is unprecedented” in terms of a “lack
of production and high prices”.
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Khaddam told
Jordan News that Jordanian farmers passed
through some difficult conditions, primarily the frost that affected many
crops, reiterating that the rise in prices this year, compared to 2021, will
not last and will decrease in a few days.
Head of the
Jordan Farmers Association Ibrahim Al-Sharif
told
Jordan News that farmers have been facing great challenges for years and
that “our association has focused on prioritizing farmers.”
Sharif also said that this year frost damaged the crops,
“which led to an increase in prices”, and stressed that “neglecting farmers and
the high production costs” will contribute to the “loss of agricultural
produce”. According to him, farmers have become reluctant to farm. That, and
the lack of production materials, is responsible, in his view, for the amount
of agricultural produce, which “will be in reasonable quantities, due to the
rising temperatures, but not in the quantities available last year”.
On Sunday,
Minister of Agriculture Khaled Al-Hneifat told
Al-Mamlaka TV that a decrease in the prices of most types of vegetables and
fruits can be expected within two days, calling on citizens not to rush to the
markets.
Hneifat said that the decline in the prices of fruit and
vegetables is due to the abundance of supply to the central markets: 4,910
tonnes on Saturday and 3,935 tonnes on Sunday.
A breakdown of figures shows that 325 tonnes of tomatoes,
330 tonnes of cucumbers, 225 tonnes of cauliflower, 122 tonnes of eggplants,
412 tonnes of potatoes, 277 tonnes of onions, and 142 tonnes of zucchini were
recently supplied to the central markets.
The head of
Jordan Exporters and Producers Association for
Fruit and Vegetables, Saadi Abu Hammad, agreed that the rise in temperatures
led to an increase in supply and thus a decrease in prices. He said that
setting price ceilings is unfair and useless for both farmers and consumers
because it does not lead to lower prices.
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