By transporting the fruit 100 km away, the Olt County grower gets 4 lei/kg while farm-gate prices slump to 0.5 lei/kg
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Summary
A farmer in southern Olt County, Romania, is selling watermelons at 4 lei per kilogram, eight times the price other local producers get at the farm gate, where prices have dropped to 0.5 lei per kilogram. The farmer achieves this by selling the fruit 100 kilometers away from the farm, according to local reports.
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