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Consumers unlikely to see major impact on food prices over next 2-3 months: Consumer Affairs SecyThe government is closely monitoring the prices of essential food commodities. At present, prices have remained stable and largely range-bo...- Govt clears UP potato buy at Rs 6,500/ton, hikes gram cap in Andhra PradeshThe government is stepping in to support farmers. Twenty lakh tonnes of potatoes will be bought in Uttar Pradesh. Gram procurement limits h...
- HyFarm bets on UP's warming climate to build India's next French fry hubUttar Pradesh is set to become India's next French fry hub due to rising temperatures. HyFarm Foods is expanding its operations, aiming to ...
- Govt imposes stockholding limit on wheat to check hoardingFood secretary Sanjeev Chopra hinted at the possibility of removing import duty on wheat, saying the government is open to all options to k...
- Utkal Tubers to ramp up production of high yielding seed potatoesThe company plans to increase the production by investing in research and development, introducing new high-quality proprietary varieties o...
- Potato prices fall 30% in UP, 50% in West BengalPotatoes are yet to mature this year and that is why cold storages have not yet started loading potatoes.
- Haryana to pay farmers for Moong dal, potatoWhile the procurement of moong would commence next month, the procurement of potato would start in the month of February.
- PepsiCo to invest $5 million in agricultureThe maker of Lay's, Kurkure and cola brands like Pepsi is meeting companies who are investing to digitally connect 10 million retailers alo...
- Yogi Adityanath govt plans to move bumper potato produce to high-price mandisThe state govt has decided to help potato farmers shift their produce from markets where wholesale prices have crashed to as low as Rs 290 ...
- India's potato output to hit near record level at 47mn tonnesThe output stood at 43.4 million tonnes in 2015-16 crop year (July-June), while last record was 48 million tonnes achieved in 2014-15.
- West Bengal: Overproduction of potato, rice lead to sharp drop in pricesThe state’s potato harvest this year (the tuber harvest typically begins in end-January and continues through February) has seen a 22% jump.
- Another potato farmer commits suicide in West Bengal; toll rise to 3Khandagosh block development officer Santanu Das said he had received the news and was looking into the situation.
- Government to stock up on onion, potato to tame price riseOnion prices start rising from July and usually it reaches peak during September-October. Similarly, potato prices go up abnormally between...
- Centre plans potato, onion buffer stock to check price riseSFAC will procure these two commodities to check price rise in the Delhi-NCR market and will later look at other major cities, the official...
- Potato product companies urge government to waive 30% import dutyLast week, the government had asked Nafed and Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium to explore the possibility of importing potato from Eu...
- PepsiCo India to scale up collaborative farming modelPepsiCo is looking to enhance potato procurement through its tie up with farmers by around 20% to 65% in India in the next five years.
- FDI debate leaves a bitter taste for McDonald’s, Pepsi, KFCMcDonald’s refuted Sushma Swaraj’s allegation that the fast-food giant does not source even basic commodities such as potatoes from within ...
- PepsiCo eyes 30k farmers under collaborative farming by 2013PepsiCo expects the number of Indian farmers, from whom it sources different produce, to reach 30,000 by the end of next year.
- Potato prices surge due to sale delay, excessive rainsPotato prices have risen over the last week due to the delay by the the Bengal government in offloading 10 lakh tonne of the vegetable into...
- ITC to focus on high-margin agri products to lift its bottomlineCigarettes-to-hotels conglomerate ITC’s June quarter results were a watershed event for the company’s agri-commodities businesses.
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