Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas de India

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In India, the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) is planning to launch potato spot trading on its exchange from February next year. It will be the first perishable commodity to be traded under this umbrella.

McCain Foods India, which sources potatoes for its french fries and wedges from Deesa in Gujarat, may look at other states such as Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal or Uttar Pradesh to procure potatoes

Potato farmers have lost lakhs of rupees due to destruction of potato crop by a bout of blight, yet, they are yet to receive any relief money from the Agricultural Department.

Potato price in West Bengal inched up by more than Rs 200-250 a quintal over the last few days on account of a crop failure in the southern markets.

A growing shortage of farm hands and smaller land holdings are forcing many farmers to mechanise their farms, allowing multinational agri implement companies to tap into Indian market.

Consumers of potatoes in the east and south of India will probably have to shell out more than his counterpart in the north, at least for the next two months.

Potato prices crashed by about Rs 100/quintal following release of stocks held by the West Bengal Government in the market.

The state government of West Bengal may incur a loss in its attempt to give relief to the potato farmers following a bumper production last season.

The West Bengal government’s handling of a bumper potato crop this year is becoming a political hot potato.

The West Bengal government Monday announced it will release six lakh tonnes of potatoes to arrest spiralling prices before the coming festive season.

Potato prices may drop as the West Bengal government is all set to offload 1 million tonne (mt) in the market by next week to rapidly cut excess stocks.

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A genetically engineered, protein-enriched potato is being readied for commercial field-testing in India, scientists said.

With the mercury level steadily rising across India, potato growers need to switch to new varieties of heat-tolerant seeds for saving their crops, agriculture scientists have suggested.

A centre of the Shimla-based Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) will be set up in West Bengal's West Midnapur district to make quality potato seeds favourable to the state's climatic condition available to the farmers.

With close to about 25 per cent of potatoes having been released from cold storages across West Bengal, potato prices, which had inched up by Rs 10-20 a quintal last week, dropped on Tuesday. The wholesale price of the tuber (Jyoti variety) dropped Rs ...

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