If prices remain firm in Uttar Pradesh, it would impact that in West Bengal as well.

Rise in potato production has caused gluts in recent years in India. It has hurt business interest of stakeholders including traders, cold ...

Farmers have landed in huge debt. The MSP was only effective between April 7 and May 7.

Engages in talks with NCDEX; farmers may cut acreage for next year’s crop by more than 5%

Khandagosh block development officer Santanu Das said he had received the news and was looking into the situation.

Potato prices in West Bengal may depreciate by 8% on the back of a better crop prospect in south India.

The icy winter in north India, along with morning dew and sunny conditions in rural areas, have sown the seeds for bumper harvests.

Potato acreage in India is likely to drop by 15-20% in the new season. Farmers suffered last year due to a decline in prices following a hi...

Experts say this could double potato seed prices during the rabi season.

Karnataka is clearly heading for a bumper maize crop in the ongoing kharif season.

The monsoon is casting a long shadow on prices.

The monsoon, which hasn't brought enough rain to most parts of the country, is casting a long shadow on commodity prices.

Demand for potatoes is expected to surge as delayed monsoon could lead to a shortage of commodity. With potato already in short supply, tra...

Poor rains and disease are likely to force a sharp drop in large producer Karnataka’s potato acreage in the new season, according to hortic...

In a novel protest, farmers here threw potatoes on the national highway, demanding that the government should intervene to arrest falling p...

India has secured a order to export to 10,000 tons of potatoes to Sri Lanka, an official of a leading importers trade body in Colombo said.

The state government now banks on larger application of improved practices in pre and post-harvest technology of the crop to consolidate th...