Grape growers of the district had demanded that the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee start trading of raisins from Raisin Online Trading Centre in Vijayapura within a week. “Else, we will boycott the selling and see that the raisin is not sold at the APMC yard by grape growers. The APMC spent about Rs. 2.5 crore to build the centre, but even today, no facilities have been given to traders,” said Abhaykumar Nandrekar, president Karnataka State Grape Growers’ Association.
He said that the APMC must install grading and raising storing machines at the centre which would help the growers to earn higher revenue
