Kathmandu, July 15 -- Tomato farmers staged a protest in Nepal on Wednesday, accusing the government of failing to provide adequate support as falling prices left them struggling to recover production costs.

Speaking to ANI, a protester, Akash Karki expressed dissatisfaction over the prices being offered for tomatoes, saying farmers were not receiving fair returns for their produce.

Another protester, Deepak, alleged that middlemen were disrupting the sale of tomatoes and urged the government to improve support mechanisms to ensure farmers receive fair prices.

A protester said that tomato prices had declined sharply since the new government took office, adding that the trust of workers and farmers in the government had been "shattered....