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Female Vs Male Watermelon: The Simple Trick to Pick the Sweetest One Every TimeForget the 'female' versus 'male' watermelon myth. Scientists confirm sweetness depends on ripeness, variety, and growing conditions. Look ...
Tomato, onion growers in tears following price crash in KarnatakaAccording to Manjunath, a wholesale vegetable dealer in KR Market here, tomatoes are being sold from Rs 5 to Rs six per kg in the wholesale...
Monsoon registers a disturbing dip over weekend, dry patch may continueIn the next four days rains are going to be light concentrated over the east, north east and parts of western India, the weather office has...
Rains may affect production of wheat, other cropsWidespread rainfall across north and central India, particularly Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, could impact wheat, mustard, jo...
Bad weather hampers vegetable supplies, firms up pricesThe prices of okra, or ladies’ fingers, and bitter gourd have increased by as much as 50% to Rs 50-75 and Rs 45 a kg, respectively.
Heavy rain over last fortnight damages a third of crop, fruits affectedThe country already incurs post-harvest losses of fruits and vegetable worth Rs 2 lakh crore per year due to lack of storage and processing...
Prices of vegetables & spices crash upto 20% due to the brisk start to monsoonThe drop in vegetable prices, on top of the global fall in various commodities from aluminium to zinc, is good news for policymakers.
Vegetable prices slip on good rainfall, arrival of winterVegetables prices are rapidly declining due to good rainfall and the arrival of winter, raising hopes for a softening in food inflation.
- Vegetable prices firm on weak rain
A long dry spell followed by rains is expected to disrupt sowing. We don’t foresee a correction in vegetable prices till Sept 15.
- Maharashtra lets farmers bypass APMC
Maharashtra farmers can now sell their produce directly to anyone without the interference of APMCs.
- Tomato market in Maharashtra keeps commission agents at bay
The farmer does not pay the commission agents nor the porters here. He decides the price of his produce and sells it directly to the trader.
- Onion farmers buy seeds from growers
Onion farmers have come up with a novel way to buy seed that often sells at a huge premium when onion prices spiral.
- Vegetables out of reach despite ban on exports
Despite the ban on exports, onion prices have appreciated by 60% in certain pockets of the country over the last weekend.
- Vegetable prices rise on strike, damage by rains
Vegetable prices are again on the rise. Prices have appreciated in almost all metros as quite a large number of vegetables have perished du...
Union Budget 2011: Vegetable clusters to benefit farmers and consumersVegetable growers are happy with the announcement of Rs 300 crore under the vegetable initiative to set up vegetable clusters.
- Mizo body wants place in markets for vegetable growers
Delegates of the general conference of the Young Mizo Association urged the Mizoram government to make arrangements so that local vegetable...
- Farmers demand horticultural lab, cold storage
The fruit and vegetable growers on Monday demanded for setting up an agricultural and horticultural laboratory and a cold storage on the pr...