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Vegetable prices have recorded a noticeable increase in recent days, coinciding with rainfall in several areas. Circulating information suggests this rise has directly affected households’ purchasing power, especially as the end of the month approaches and living expenses climb.
Consumers have reported price hikes affecting widely used staple vegetables such as tomatoes, carrots, and potatoes, compared with price levels prior to the recent rain. The increases vary from one market to another depending on supply availability and distribution costs.
According to the same information, the impact of higher prices observed at wholesale markets has extended to retail sales in popular neighborhoods and weekly markets, where a number of consumers expressed dissatisfaction and said it has become difficult to keep up—particularly for low-income families.
Some vegetable vendors, for their part, say they are struggling to offer prices “close to previous levels,” citing what they describe as reduced production during this period. They argue this is putting pressure on supply chains and affecting market balance.
The circulating information attributes the situation to the effects of ongoing rainfall, in addition to snowfall in certain areas and road disruptions or difficult passage on other routes. This, they say, has delayed harvesting and transport and reduced quantities supplied to markets, while prices continue to respond to basic supply-and-demand dynamics.
Source: Fes News Media
