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The move towards onion cultivation picked pace after the average wholesale price touched an all-time high of Rs 5,700 per quintal in August 2015.Guaranteed profits, farmers quickly expanded. I sold the produce in the range of Rs 1,800 to Rs 2,200 per quintal. NASHIK: An upswing in onion prices over the past couple of years has triggered a surge in the area under cultivation of this cash crop in Nashik district, a major supplier to Mumbai, Delhi and many parts of north India.In just four years, the area under onion cultivation in Nashik district has almost doubled. I had no choice but to dump the produce in the farm as transporting it would mean additional costs which I could not bear.” As a result, the production has also gone up by over 100%..