By Subhana Shiwmangal
A year ago, tomato prices were high at around $800 per pound, today they have skyrocketed to as much as $1500 and vendors and farmers say climate change and the dry weather are factors.
Vendors cited slow sales in tomatoes due to the high price and having to absorb losses due to spoilage
Trevor Fraser, a farmer in the Mahaicony area and who supplies vegetables to the Bounty Supermarket told Stabroek News that he supplied Bounty with the English variety of tomato and the price has risen incrementally over the last two months from $240 per pound to where it is now. He blames the dry weather.