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Unseasonal rainfall in major potato-growing states has damaged the crop, resulting in a rise in its prices. Though the actual loss is yet to be ascertained, experts say the sustained, untimely rainfall would have a long-term impact.

In Bangladesh, favourable weather conditions and higher acreage are likely to boost potato yield in the ongoing harvesting season and have already pulled down the tuber's prices, agriculture officials and cold storage operators said yesterday.

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China Essence Group Ltd. , a leading manufacturer of potato starch and derivated products in China, recently announced its results for the third quarter (“3Q FY2013”) and nine months (“9M FY2013”) of the financial year ending 31 March 2013 (“FY2013”).

Vegetable exporters in Pakistan have demanded of the government a subsidy on exports of potato to remain competitive at world markets at a time when Pakistan is poised to produce the commodity in surplus this year.

China will extend anti-dumping duties on potato starch imported from the EU for another five years starting from Wednesday.

China prolongará cinco años el periodo de imposición de sus impuestos antidumping a la fécula de patata importada de la Unión Europea (UE) a partir de mañana miércoles (6 de enero).

Potato prices in West Bengal dipped by about Rs 50-100 a quintal over the weekend on improved supply of potatoes.

Pakistan first state of the art potato washing and grading machine was installed in Karachi, which could help boost potato’s dwindling export during the current year.

Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation (GAIC) is looking for private partnership for a potato dehydration plant. GAIC is going to set up its first potato dehydration plant at Deesa in Palanpur town with a handling capacity of 500 kg per hour.

Wholesale potato prices in West Bengal softened by nearly 15 per cent this week, due to arrival of new crop.

McCain Foods India today said the company plans to invest $ 69 million (over Rs 370 crore) at its potato processing plant at Mehsana in Gujarat, as it looks to cater to the increased demand.

he intense cold wave in Punjab has resulted in the potato crop not growing over the past several days.

Lufthar Rahman and his neighbours at Abhirampur village in Hooghly in West Bengal have sowed more Atlanta variety of potato this year. It is for use by PepsiCo India for making flakes and other Frito-Lay products.

Pepsico is taking its global Power of One program to jointly promote beverages and snacks a step further in China, with the marriage of two Pepsi brands in a single product: Pepsi-Cola chicken-flavor Lay's potato chips.

In a rare joint statement the world's three largest french fry manufacturers spell out that they do not use genetically modified potatoes to produce their french fries in China.

With the new potato crop expected to be in market over the next two weeks, a sharp rise in input cost is likely to keep the prices firm. Prices of potato seeds in West Bengal, which accounts for 30 per cent of the country’s potato production, have gon...

In West Bengal, the joint committee of potato cold storage association has threatened to shut down their units if the state government fails to increase the rent by at least 50 per cent in the wake of hike in electricity tariff.