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Tomato prices skyrocket as rains destroy cropsGadhave said that prices of vegetables like capsicum, cucumber and bitter gourd have increased by 25% to 30% in the past one month. In the ...
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 in north, central India may affect production of wheat, other cropsThe met department forecast rain and snow to continue over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and parts of Uttarakhand over the next 24 ho...
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...
- Poor rains push up vegetable prices
Vegetable prices have gone up again as rains weaken in the country. Veggies in Mumbai and Pune have been selling upward of Rs 50-60 per kg ...
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.
- 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...