More vegetables are on the market this week, bringing prices down.
Tomatoes have dropped from $10 to $8 over the past two weeks. At roadside stalls this weekend, vendors were offering "four (pounds) for $20". Cucumber prices fell from $5 to $3 a pound, and at some places as low as $2. Melongene went from $5 to $3 a pound, and caraille dropped to $2.50 from $4 a pound.
Market experts said lettuce prices remained high and pumpkin prices increased, with fewer on the market as a result of the hot weather experienced over the past few months.
"We should see a reduction in pumpkin prices in the next few months with more rainfall," market observer Farouk Shah said. He said the supply of sweet potato and cassava remained steady over the past few months and prices will continue to remain low.
Central farmers said continued low prices will depend on the rains and the floods it usually caused.
"A lot of crops have been planted and bumper harvest will depend on the weather conditions," one farmer said.
Tomatoes have dropped from $10 to $8 over the past two weeks. At roadside stalls this weekend, vendors were offering "four (pounds) for $20". Cucumber prices fell from $5 to $3 a pound, and at some places as low as $2. Melongene went from $5 to $3 a pound, and caraille dropped to $2.50 from $4 a pound.
Market experts said lettuce prices remained high and pumpkin prices increased, with fewer on the market as a result of the hot weather experienced over the past few months.
"We should see a reduction in pumpkin prices in the next few months with more rainfall," market observer Farouk Shah said. He said the supply of sweet potato and cassava remained steady over the past few months and prices will continue to remain low.
Central farmers said continued low prices will depend on the rains and the floods it usually caused.
"A lot of crops have been planted and bumper harvest will depend on the weather conditions," one farmer said.
