Potato News from Karnataka

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Bühler Bangalore received the Gold Award at the 2025 CII EHS Excellence Awards in India.
June 01, 2026
Buhler Bangalore Receives Gold Award at CII EHS Excellence Award 2025
Bühler Group announced that Bühler Bangalore (BBAN) has received the Gold Award at the 18th Edition of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) EHS Excellence Award 2025, recognizing achievements in Environment, Health and Safety practices.
Building regional capacity to manage invasive pests and diseases to safeguard sustainable seed potato trade
January 28, 2025
Building regional capacity to manage invasive pests and diseases to safeguard sustainable seed potato trade
Potatoes are increasingly traded globally, raising the risk of spreading quarantined pests and diseases. Organizations like EPPO and national bodies regulate many of these threats, necessitating a unified approach to pest and disease management.
Goodrich Cereals in Bengaluru Discover Innovation at FI India 2024
September 23, 2024
Goodrich Cereals in Bengaluru Discover Innovation at FI India 2024
The FI India exhibition is a key event for innovation, collaboration, and networking in the food industry. This year, Goodrich Cereals will participate in FI India 2024, held in Bengaluru from September 25-27, 2024.
Vanmark hydrocutter with team
January 31, 2024
Vanmark India Delivers Compact Hydrocutter System to Major Food Manufacturing Customer
Vanmark has built and delivered a compact hydrocutting system for a local leading company in the frozen fast food sector in India.
Cropin's Plot-Level Intelligence | AI/ML driven Agri-Intelligence Solution
April 11, 2023
PepsiCo Launches Crop Intelligence Model for India in Collaboration with Cropin
PepsiCo India, through its brand 'Lay’s', announced a crop and plot-level predictive intelligence model to help farmers maximize potato yields coupled with quality via functional dashboards on user-friendly mobile apps.
Balaji Products
December 20, 2022
Savory Snack manufacturer Balaji Wafers plans new factory in Karnataka, India
Savory Snack manufacturer Balaji Wafers is planning to set up a wafers and namkeen manufacturing unit at Kanagale Industrial Area in Belagavi district of Karnataka, India
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Vanmark’s India location ships first three machines to customer in East Asia
June 19, 2022
Vanmark ships the first machines from its location in India: Three potato peelers for a customer in China
Vanmark, an industrial potato and produce processing equipment manufacturer, announced that its location in Bengaluru, India, has shipped its first three peeler machines to a large customer based in China.
Utkal Tubers - Potato Seeds Company with Ambitious Plans
August 10, 2021
The India-based Seed Potato Company Utkal Tubers has Ambitious Plans
India based seed potato company Utkal Tubers is focused on the development of high yielding disease resistant varieties.
CIP Researchers say apical rooted cuttings are the solution for cheaper potato seed in India
November 21, 2020
International Potato Centre: Apical Rooted Cuttings offer cheaper potato seed in India
Researchers of the International Potato Center (CIP) explain the difficulties small potato farmers in many states of India may face to access good-quality planting materials at affordable prices.
Grim situation: Potato Growers showing their crop near Shantigrama in Hassan District, Karnataka, India.
July 02, 2017
Potato Growers in Hassan losing hope of good returns as lack of rain results in poor germination
Within 30 days into potato cultivation this year, growers in Hassan, Karnataka are losing hope of good returns in their field. The poor germination is linked by experts to the lack of rainfall.
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Hassan Horticulture Research Extension Station of the University of Horticultural Sciences-Bagalkot (UHS-B) in Karnataka, India presents its new potato varieties
January 03, 2017
35 New Potato Varieties to be released in Karnataka in the next three years
The Hassan Horticulture Research Extension Station of the University of Horticultural Sciences-Bagalkot (UHS-B) in Karnataka, India, is all set to introduce 35 new varieties of potatoes in the next one to three years.
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A potato field in Hassan, Karnataka. The pictures was taken mid July in 2009.
June 18, 2016
Delayed monsoon spells trouble for potato growers in Hassan, Karnataka
Lack of rain has left potato growers of Hassan - a district in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka in distress.
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Karnataka potato farmers receive certified seed potatoes
In the Indian State of Karnataka, the Department of Horticulture has decided to provide certified seed potatoes to 1,000 farmers for pre-monsoon cultivation on a pilot basis.
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Potato cultivation in Karnataka begins with seeds from Punjab
Wholesale merchants in Karnataka have started selling their stock of over 30,500 tonnes of potato seeds brought from Punjab.
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July 11, 2012
Steps taken to check potato late blight in the Indian state of Karnataka
The horticulture department and Krishi Vignana Kendra had organised a demonstration of spraying pesticides in Narasipura in the wake of spread of blight disease for potato crop under Salagame hobli in the taluk recently.
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November 26, 2010
Blight ravages potato crop in Karnataka region, India
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.
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June 14, 2009
Karnataka farmers shy away from potatoes in fear of blight
Owing to the fear of blight, many farmers are shying away from cultivating potato. Last year, potato was grown on 50,000 hectares of land in the district, but the crop on 35,000 hectares was affected by blight, and farmers lost Rs. 300 crore as a res...
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