More expensive vegetables, cheaper fruit

nancy zahra

Sep 12th 2009, 06:35

il-bidwi jaqlq fwiedu biex jahdem ir-raba teghu,jiehu l-prodott il-pikalija biex fuq kollox jithallas bic-cicati.Sakemm ma jispiccax jintrema ghax ma jinbieghx.Il-prodott ikun gholi ghall-konsumatur mhux ghax il-bidwi ikun qieghed idahhal aktar flus. Xi kultant lanqas ikun jaqbillek toghqod tmur il-pitkali bih biex jispicca mormi .Hemm bzonn li jaraw x'inhi raguni li ta kaxxa kabocci il-bidwi jithallas 1ewro u l-konsumatur jixtri kabocca wahda ghal 2 ewro!!! (semmejt il-kabocci bhala ezempju)

Miriam Bonello

Sep 11th 2009, 19:01

Cheaper fruit?!! You must be joking! Why does NSO persist in its thinking that all Maltese are gullible?

Douglas Mathias

Sep 11th 2009, 18:23

It is up to the growers to provide a true "farmers' market" outlet where consumers can have direct access to produce and fruit grown by, and sold by, the producers. In Canada the farmers' market movement has grown enormously in the past 5 years, so much so that virtually every small town with agricultural producers has established one or more weekly markets — and the vendors MUST be those who have actually produced the items they sell.

Louis Farrugia

Sep 11th 2009, 16:54

the people of the statistics i think that they are living in another country because when you talk with the farmers they tell you that the prices are always going down and at the grocer you find them always more expensive i don"t know whats happening but someone should start investigating or we are paying taxes for nothing

Marie Claire Camilleri

Sep 11th 2009, 13:42

I would really like to see the ministry for rural affairs taking action into this. I have been seeing a gradual increase in the price of veg in the last year. Why does Pitkali have the monopoly of all the distribution. I am acquainted with some farmers and its ridiculous the prices they mention that pitkali actually pays them for their produce. Then I go to my Veg men and i see that the price is sometimes 300 % more. Do we really need pitkali as a middle men ? what happened to the days when you can buy your veg from and farmer. Also i realized that much more produce is being propagated in Green houses. I understand its more efficient but we as a consumer should have the choice to go Organic also.

Jason Attard

Sep 11th 2009, 12:18

When is the government going to fend this vegetable cartel in Malta?

Carmelo Nenu Aquilina

Sep 11th 2009, 12:06

Jien nemmen li l- pulizija għanda tibda investigazzjoni dwar kemm qed jitħallas il-bidwi tal-prodotti li qed idaħħal il- pitkalija, u kemm verament qed jinbiegħu lil-bejjiegħa lil- vindituri u lill tal-ħwienet, u dawn b' kemm qed joffruħ lill konsumatur.
X'imkien hemm hemm xi ħaġa ħażina, u din il-pulizija biss tista tkun tafa billi tinvestiga bisserjeta mill-bidu sat-tmiem.
Din il-Ġimgħa bidwi mis-siġġiewi qed jgħid li ħa t-tadam sabieħ qisu ta' l-istampi l-pitkalia u gablu 2cents il-Kilo. Dawn affarijiet li jistgħu jiġu investigati faċilment għax suppost kollox imniżżel fuq il-kompjuters tal-pitkali.
jekk verament qed jiġri dan, il-bidwi u l-konsumatur qed jiġi misruqa fid-dawl tax-xemx, u l-istituzzjonijiet li suppost qed jaraw li dan ma jiġrix jinsabu skantati!
Ejjew qumu minn hemm sinjuri responsabli u għamlu xogħolkom tal-paga li qed tieħdu,
Sinjuri ta'l-istatistika morru ibdew l-investigazzjoni minn ġol pitkalia. Il-poplu bl-istatiska ma jiekolx u ma jixbgħax u x'aktarx jibqa bil-ġuħ!
Il-poplu u l-bidwi ġustzzja jriedu u mhux statistika!