Potato News from Rajasthan

Shiv Ratan Agarwal, Founder, Chairman and Whole-Time Director at Bikaji Foods International Ltd.
April 27, 2026
Bikaji Foods founder and Chairman Shiv Ratan Agarwal passes away
Bikaji Foods International has announced that its founder, Chairman and Whole-Time Director Shiv Ratan Agarwal passed away on April 23, 2026, according to a regulatory filing submitted to stock exchanges.
A farmer stands at the site of his first potato fields in Dido village in Jaisalmer district (Courtesy: CIP)
May 05, 2016
Good yields in pilot potato cultivation in arid areas in India offer new opportunities
When CIP staff first arrived in Jodhpur things felt familiar. The arid landscape, the water table, and the warm days that fed into cool evenings were reminiscent of Gujarat - India’s most productive potato growing state, except that at Jodhpur and Jaisalmer district runs along the Pakistan border no potatoes were grown.
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