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What is El Niño and how does it affect India? Could it bring a drought-like monsoon and higher grocery bills?El Niño conditions are now active in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, raising concerns for India's monsoon. Warmer Pacific waters disrupt weat...- Beyond rice, wheat: Why India must revive native ‘orphan crops’ for protein securityIndia can boost nutrition security, cut import dependence, and build a global smart protein industry by scaling climate-resilient indigenou...
- Tantrum of a problem child might cool India's economic engineThe IMD has retained its forecast for a below-normal monsoon in 2026, with El Nino expected to dominate the June-September season and rainf...
- Udaan’s pre-IPO top-up; Tata’s Assam chip hub test runHappy Monday! Udaan is in talks to raise fresh funds amid IPO talks. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.
- Soaring inflation and plummeting economy test Iran's ability to withstand war and US blockadeIran faces severe economic hardship due to war and US sanctions. Prices for essentials like food and medicine have surged. Job losses and b...
- Japan's Calbee potato chip bags turn black-and-white due to Iran war ink shortageJapanese snack maker Calbee is temporarily switching 14 popular products to black-and-white packaging starting May 25 due to concerns over ...
- West Asia conflict deals a double whammy to India’s farm sector: pre-harvest cost pressures, post-harvest shipping delaysSupply shocks, export disruptions, and labour shortages caused by the Iran war are beginning to strain India’s agriculture despite ample fo...
- Grocery Price chaos: What’s getting expensive and the surprising items now costing lessOver the past two years, Consumer Price Index data shows that grocery prices have fluctuated unevenly across different categories.The lates...
- Vegetable prices crash up to 80% since January, deepening farm distressVegetable prices have fallen sharply since January. Potatoes are down 40 percent, onions 50 percent, and tomatoes up to 80 percent. This is...
- Why is Japan facing a potato chips crisis? Hormuz oil disruptions force Yamayoshi Seika to halt productionJapan's beloved Wasabeef potato chips are off the shelves. Yamayoshi Seika has stopped making them. This is because of fuel shortages. The ...
- Will We Say ’Aloo to Potato Shortage?Global supply chains of the 'allowed aloo have been hit, leaving countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia halting or restricting sa...
- Why McDonald's is rationing fries in JapanFacing an unprecedented potato crisis, McDonald's is now forced to ration fries in Japan. McDonald's Japan said it will only sell small-siz...
- Supply shortage, rise in demand push potato prices up by 40% in major citiesIn the major metros of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai potato is selling for Rs 30-45 per kg, depending on the variety and quality. In M...
- Potato prices at retail up by 20%-30% amidst lockdownCold storages in West Bengal, the second largest producer of potato, are not being able to operate due to shortage of labour. “Of the 460 c...
- Potato production is likely to fall in Uttar Pradesh, West BengalPotato production is likely to fall in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Punjab in the current season due to a lack of interest among farmers ...
- No shortage of onions, potatoes, tomatoes in Delhi: GovernmentThere is no shortage of onions, potatoes and tomatoes in Delhi and the current stock of these items in Delhi is higher than last year, Delh...
- Enough stocks of onions, potatoes in city: Delhi governmentDelhi government is continuing with its efforts to ensure availability of onions and potatoes at reasonable rates in the national capital.
- 1500-2000 tons of potatoes exported to Pakistan every day: ExportersPotato crop in Pakistan had got damaged because of frost in winter season which caused massive shortage in its availability for consumption.
- Punjab farmers to ship 5K tonne potato to RussiaPotato growers in Jalandhar have inked deal with Russian businessmen to export the tuber. The first consignment is expected to leave Jaland...
- Rising potato price eats into profit margins of wafer makersA sudden shortage of potatoes accompanied by sharply higher prices is eroding profit margins for large potato wafer brands and could force ...
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