Noticias de Uttar Pradesh

Abril 01, 2024

Equipment Manufacturer Kanchan Metals Lays Foundation Stone for New Plant Near New Delhi

Kanchan Metals, a company importing and manufacturing food processing equipment in India, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Recently, the company laid the foundation stone for a new plant near New Delhi.

Febrero 14, 2024

SV Agri Hosts its Annual Variety and Seed Farm Show 2024

Hemant Gaur SV Agri recently organized its Annual Variety and Seed Farm Show in Jalandhar from January 8th to January 10th

Kanchan Metals Potato Blancher-Belt Type

Enero 05, 2024

Kanchan Metals introduces new equipment for industrial potato processing: a Potato Blancher, a Potato Cooker and a Masher Separator.

Kanchan Metals has announced the launch of three innovative solutions aimed at enhancing efficiency and quality in the potato processing industry: the Potato Blancher, Potato Cooker, and Masher Separator.

UP: 29 metric tons of potatoes from Aligarh exported to Guyana in South America

Septiembre 05, 2023

Potatoes from Uttar Pradesh exported to Guyana, South America

For the first time, nearly 29 MT of potatoes from Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India were exported to Guyana in South America through Farmers Producers Organisation (FPO).

Can Indian growers ride the TOP (Tomato, Onion and Potato) wave?

Abril 02, 2023

Indo-Dutch Companies Offer Solutions to Help Indian Farmers Struggling with Low Potato and Onion Prices

(Indo-)Dutch companies providing solutions from planting material to processing equipment believe there are ways to establish more sustainable value chains, with the help of their technologies.

Enero 24, 2023

Frost causes heavy damage to potato, vegetable crops in north India

Potato farmers in the northern parts of the country have suffered heavy crop losses due to ground frost owing to the fall in temperatures in the last week.

Agosto 25, 2022

Patent on Potato Flakes Energy Bar

In India processing of fruits and vegetables is very poor around only 3-5% were countries like US has 65%, Phillipines 78% and China 23%. Hence, there is a need to enhance the processing of fruits and vegetables.

S V Agri to solve the problem of seeds faced by the farmers

Julio 25, 2022

S V Agri solves the problem of Potato Seeds faced by the Indian farmers

A program of signing the MoU was organized in the conference hall of Maharana Pratap Horticulture University, Karnal. Siddhi Vinayak Agri Ltd. Hemant Gaur, Managing Director, Vice Chancellor Prof. Samar Singh was welcomed with a bouquet of flowers.

PepsiCo India All Set To Further Invest INR 186 crore (about USD 23.7 ml) In Uttar Pradesh For Expansion of Its Largest Foods Manufacturing Plant

Junio 27, 2022

PepsiCo India invest an additional USD 24 million to expand its largest food manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh, India

PepsiCo India announced expansion plans for its largest greenfield foods manufacturing plant that produces the immensely popular LAY’S potato chips in Kosi Kalan, Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.

PepsiCo commissions their largest greenfield potato chip plant in India, an investment of USD 110 million)

Septiembre 23, 2021

PepsiCo commissions their largest greenfield potato chip plant in Uttar Pradesh, India, investing USD 110 million

PepsiCo invests USD 110 million in a new potato chip plant in Kosi Kalan, Mathura spanning 29 acres. Pepsico will procure 150,000 tons of potatoes from more than 5,000 local farmers. This investment creates 1,500 jobs.

Octubre 28, 2014

Indian potato processing companies urge government to waive import duty on potato

Indian Potato chip, fries and flake manufacturers have urged the government to waive the 30% import duty on potato to improve supplies and check soaring prices at home.

Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla, HP

Octubre 25, 2014

India: ban on import of seed potatoes lifted

Farmers and cold storage owners in India (Agra, UP) have lauded the decision to lift the ban on import of seed potatoes.

Abril 23, 2014

Vegit (Merino Group) to expand potato flakes production capacity by 50%

Vegit, the agro division of the Rs 950 crore Merino Group which offers ready-to-cook packaged foods, plans to raise capacity of potato flakes facility by 50 per cent to meet growing demand.

Satellite picture of Uttar Pradesh, located at the foot of the Himalaya's

Enero 15, 2014

Uttar Pradesh government is looking to increase potato production by 35%

The government of the Indian State Uttar Pradesh is giving a final shape to its proposed potato development Policy. Uttar Pradesh is looking to augment potato production by 35 percent to achieve 18 million tonnes

Agosto 14, 2012

How Agra became India's cold storage hub and what impact it has on price of potatoes

Agra may be famous for its monuments, but it also holds 7% of India's cold storage capacity - more than in the whole of Punjab. Almost all of it is used to store potatoes. How did the city and surrounding areas become India's cold storage hub and what...

Junio 02, 2010

Potato Prices in India to remain flat on bumper harvest

Retail prices of potatoes are expected to remain stable in the next three months, despite monsoons being right at the doorstep in most parts of the country as rabi production in key growing states of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal has exceeded estimates

Noviembre 01, 2008

Bumper crop continues to crush potato prices in Uttar Pradesh

A bumper crop and rise in storage costs coupled with the suspension of futures trading, continue to crush potato prices in the country. Farmers across Uttar Pradesh’s potato belt, stretching from Kanpur to Agra, who were earlier euphoric about the reco...

Diciembre 05, 2007

Check out the Potato Industry in India

Last week I received more information on one of the two (!) large potato conferences next year in India, so I decided this was a good time to pay attention to the fast changes in the Indian Potato Processing industry.