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Optimistic about domestic and export agri biz markets: S Sivakumar, ITC“Whatever tweaks we have done, is seeing much better traction this year.”
Potato acreage down in top producing statesFarmers have landed in huge debt. The MSP was only effective between April 7 and May 7.
ITC to source quality ingredients adhering to EU standardsWhile ITC is yet to decide on the pricing of the new range, analysts said such differentiated high-value products have a price premium upwa...
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...
Poor crop has raised potato prices; leaving snack-makers in a spotCurrent prices of processing potato varieties from Chip Sona to Lady Rosetta is in the range of Rs 12-15 a kg in wholesale market of Azadpu...
Government mulls stringent steps to curb rising food pricesGovt is ready to ban futures trade in volatile commodities, release grain, pulses through ration shops to contain rising food price, says K...
- Late sowing firms up retail potato prices
Retail potato prices remain firm at 20 a kg even as harvesting progresses across Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Pakistani potatoes rescue Indian consumersWith potato prices ruling at Rs 20 a kg in retail in the domestic market, traders from Jammu and Kashmir have started importing potato from...
- Low prices may cut Rabi potato acreage by 15 to 20 per cent
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...
- Potato growers vexed as export orders dry up
Farmers in potato belt are heading towards financial crisis. Traders & farmers are holding huge stocks following bumper crop in 2010-11.
- Potato growers vexed as export orders dry up
Farmers in potato belt are heading towards financial crisis. Traders & farmers are holding huge stocks following bumper crop in 2010-11 , e...
- Pulling out all stops in green revolution of east
Kumar said agriculture is key to the state's cherished goal of development at a session on the strategic direction for achieving sustainabl...
- Good harvest cools potato prices
Though onion prices are yet to cool down, potato prices have dropped at the retail end. An early good crop of potatoes in Punjab, West Beng...
- Potato prices surge due to sale delay, excessive rains
Potato 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...
- Punjab farmers advised to sell potato harvest in March
With the arrival of potato crop in Punjab, a study released by Punjab Agriculture Univeristy (PAU) Ludhiana has advised farmers to sell the...
- Potato output may rise to 8 per cent in 2009-10
India’s potato output could rise by six per cent to eight per cent in 2009-2010, according to traders and analysts.
Potato prices to remain firm till NovemberExperts say this could double potato seed prices during the rabi season.