Farmers Once Got Rich From This Fruit
Farmers Once Got Rich From This Fruit — Now It’s Rotting in Mountains 
It turned ordinary farmers into overnight winners… and then into silent victims of a broken market. 
Just a few seasons ago, this fruit was the golden promise of rural prosperity. Prices were soaring, demand seemed endless, and farmers rushed to expand their orchards, investing their savings and taking out loans to keep up with what looked like a booming industry. 
Today, the same fruit is piling up in warehouses and along farm roads, unsold and slowly rotting. 
Buyers have vanished, export orders have been delayed or canceled, and local markets are flooded with produce no one can absorb. As supply exploded, prices collapsed — leaving many farmers unable to recover even their basic production costs. 
Buyers have vanished, export orders have been delayed or canceled, and local markets are flooded with produce no one can absorb. As supply exploded, prices collapsed — leaving many farmers unable to recover even their basic production costs. Growers say they were encouraged by traders and middlemen to plant more, with promises of stable contracts and strong overseas demand. But when the market turned, those guarantees quietly disappeared. 
Now, what was once a symbol of success has become a painful reminder of how fragile agricultural fortunes can be — and how quickly a “sure bet” can turn into a crushing burden for farming families
