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With potato prices at Rs 20 a kg in retail in the domestic market, traders from northern India have started to import Pakistani potatoes that are 20% to 40% cheaper.

After plummeting to a record low two months back, the retail price of potatoes has risen sharply due to lower supplies.

After witnessing record low prices for the new crop in the beginning of harvest season this year, a majority of potato farmers in West Bengal now have a reason to cheer. Wholesale prices of the new crop (Jyoti variety), which were ruling at around Rs ...

Allan Parker, President and CEO of World Potato Congress, Inc., announced the appointment of Dr. Bir Pal Singh, Director of the Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, India, to the organization’s International Advisory Committee.

In Assam, a state in north east of India, an Inter State Potato Marketing System was successfully inaugurated by Assam Agriculture, Horticulture &Food Processing Minister Mr. Nilamoni Sen Deka at Gingia, Biswanath Chariali for the benefit of its potato growers.

Potato production numbers may fall this year in Meerut. Experts blame degrading congenial weather conditions and more farmers opting for cane plantation instead of potato as reasons behind the drop. At present, Uttar Pradesh accounts for approximately...

PepsiCo expects the number of Indian farmers, from whom it sources different produce, to reach 30,000 by the end of next year, up 25 per cent from the existing pool. The company works with farmers across nine states, including Punjab, Maharashtra and ...

The Potato industry in the Punjab region of India are expecting a sharp reduction in production output.

Punjab potato growers, who dumped their produce on the road last December in protest against low rates, expect a sharp fall in output of the tuber, with 20-30 per cent of the crop getting damaged due to unfavourable weather conditions last month.

A European Union (EU) team is touring Punjab to examine whether the state’s potato crop is pest-free, with the government pushing hard for access to the European market.

Potato farmers in West Bengal can look forward to some respite from market volatility next year.

Plummeting potato prices for three consecutive years have prompted farmers to switch to contract farming this season.

Potato farmers in West Bengal are being forced to sell their produce at a much lower price as huge volumes of potatoes are lying at the cold storages.

The Punjab government on Sunday announced freight subsidy for transportation of potato crop in domestic as well as export markets, but potato growers turned down the offer saying it would not bail them out.

For a long time, headlines on "potato"and "school lunches"usually addressed the new rules for school lunches discussed in the United States. Here is a different perspective on "potatoes as part of school lunches", from Wes...

As potato prices hit unexpected low levels in Punjab, growers have asked the state government to offer freight subsidy for marketing the tuber to other states in order to prevent mounting losses. Growers also warned of throwing potato on roads if state...

Potato acreage in India is likely to drop by 15-20% in the new (winter) season. Farmers suffered last year due to a decline in prices following a higher production. According to an initial estimate, the losses could run into few thousand crores with Be...

The potato capital of Gujarat - Deesa is facing acute price crisis with cost of the vegetable dipping to the lowest in a decade. The potato growing farmers and wholesale merchants are crying hoarse over the excess supply of potato from Agra, which has ...