Farmers’ challenge | Seasonal copra prices, weather affect production

Farmers’ challenge | Seasonal copra prices, weather affect production

Fluctuating prices and unpredictable weather are creating challenges for coconut farmers at Valelawa in Dreketi. Farmer Dipika Prakash said copra prices tend to rise during the dry season when the supply of coconuts drops. “There are fewer coconuts because they don’t fall as much, so demand pushes the prices up,” she said. However, during the rainy season, Ms Prakash said, the opposite happens. She said these price changes are seasonal and hard …