<p class="title">Farmers, who had cultivated pineapple in the district are in distress, owing to the lockdown and lack of transportation facilities to transport the harvest to the market.</p>.<p class="title">Jayanna, a farmer from Gopala Colony of Tarikere, had cultivated pineapple on two acres of land and the fruit was ready for harvest when the lockdown was announced.</p>.<p class="title">"The traders have been offering throwaway prices to purchase the produce from the farmland. As a result, the farmers are in distress. I sold five quintal pineapple at Rs 4 per kg to the sellers. I had cultivated pineapple for the first time. If I had received Rs 20 to Rs 25 per kg, it would have helped to at least recover the money spent on cultivating the crop," said Jayanna. </p>.<p class="title">About 80 quintal pineapple is ready for harvest. Due to lack of transportation facility, I cannot transport it. The government should purchase directly from farmers and come to our rescue, said another farmer.</p>.<p class="title">Normally, farmers sell the harvest in the market in Hassan. From Hassan, pineapples are sent to markets in Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab and Haryana.</p>.<p class="title">Now, there are no buses to transport the crop, said, farmers.</p>
<p class="title">Farmers, who had cultivated pineapple in the district are in distress, owing to the lockdown and lack of transportation facilities to transport the harvest to the market.</p>.<p class="title">Jayanna, a farmer from Gopala Colony of Tarikere, had cultivated pineapple on two acres of land and the fruit was ready for harvest when the lockdown was announced.</p>.<p class="title">"The traders have been offering throwaway prices to purchase the produce from the farmland. As a result, the farmers are in distress. I sold five quintal pineapple at Rs 4 per kg to the sellers. I had cultivated pineapple for the first time. If I had received Rs 20 to Rs 25 per kg, it would have helped to at least recover the money spent on cultivating the crop," said Jayanna. </p>.<p class="title">About 80 quintal pineapple is ready for harvest. Due to lack of transportation facility, I cannot transport it. The government should purchase directly from farmers and come to our rescue, said another farmer.</p>.<p class="title">Normally, farmers sell the harvest in the market in Hassan. From Hassan, pineapples are sent to markets in Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab and Haryana.</p>.<p class="title">Now, there are no buses to transport the crop, said, farmers.</p>