4 October, 2020
Consumers are forced to consider the size of coconuts due to prices skyrocketing each day triggered by an acute shortage of nuts in the country. The price of a nut hit Rs. 100 for the first time in recent history which cultivators attributed to low production. However, the market scenario calls for better management of prices of nuts. Here a coconut seller awaits buyers at a market in Colombo. Pic: Nissanka de Silva