Why India’s potato production misses out on its true potential despite being a global giantDespite being the world’s second-largest potato producer, India still misses out on the true potential of the crop. Per capita consumption ...
27 Jul, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
India likely to import potatoes from BhutanPotato output is expected to be around 58.99 million tonnes this year, lower than about 60.14 million tonnes last year, according to the fi...
25 Jul, 2024, 11.35 PM IST
Retailers cut stocks of impacted spice brands like MDH and EverestAbout a third (32%) of retailers are limiting stocks of MDH and Everest branded packaged spices alleged to have contaminants exceeding perm...
21 May, 2024, 09.10 AM IST
Tea plantations may be a dying breed, but small-time producers have become the lifeline for chai loversIndia’s mainstream tea industry appears to have little interest in these small producers. Luckily, the internet allows them to sell to teal...
07 Jan, 2024, 09.41 AM IST
About 5 tonne tomatoes imported from Nepal in transit; to be sold in UP tomorrow at subsidised rate: NCCFThe National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd (NCCF) has imported five tonnes of tomatoes from Nepal, which will be sold at a...
16 Aug, 2023, 01.08 PM IST
La Tomatina: A taste of inflation, political strategies at Mint Street and ParliamentTomatoes are causing a stir in India due to increasing prices caused by harsh weather conditions and reduced planting areas, impacting infl...
11 Aug, 2023, 08.52 AM IST
India to import tomatoes from Nepal amid surge in price, says Nirmala SitharamanUnion finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that India will be importing tomatoes from Nepal, amid a record high surge in pr...
10 Aug, 2023, 02.32 PM IST
International Tea Day 2022: History and significance you need to knowCalling all tea lovers! Here are the quotes, the history, and the significance of International Tea Day 2022 that you need to know abou
15 Dec, 2022, 11.04 AM IST
Prices of kitchen staples shoot up post festive seasonWhile wheat prices have gone up by up to 7% as the speculators are at play, rice prices have gone up by up to 7%. Prices of edible oils, wh...
03 Nov, 2022, 11.47 PM IST
World's food supply faces new threat from lack of rain in IndiaThe threat to India’s rice production comes at a time when countries are grappling with soaring food costs and rampant inflation. Total ric...
03 Aug, 2022, 06.16 AM IST
Why India holds the key to global rice market outlookIndia's rice exports touched a record 21.5 million tonnes in 2021, more than the combined shipments of the world's next four biggest export...
10 Jun, 2022, 12.16 PM IST
Grain for green era: Benefits of millets and reasons why people give them upThey are ideal grains for an era of climate change.
21 Mar, 2021, 09.09 AM IST
Price of non-basmati rice shoots up to 15% while potato price falls by more than 65%The price of non-basmati rice, which is consumed by more than 80% of the Indian population, has shot up by 10-15% since January, as Banglad...
24 Feb, 2021, 07.37 PM IST
Some spillover of demonetisation impact in Q4 results: Lalit Malik of Dabur IndiaThere has been a steep impact on account of demonetisation which was there in the initial months of this quarter four.
02 May, 2017, 11.20 AM IST
Wholesale prices of potato on declinePotato prices have shot up since May as the production had dropped in West Bengal, the second largest producer of the tuber.
19 Aug, 2016, 01.49 PM IST
We intend to have almost 10% volume growth: Sunil Duggal, Dabur CEOIn an interview to ET Now Sunil Duggal, Dabur CEO, said that they are looking at volume growth closer to 10% this year.
17 Feb, 2016, 12.59 PM IST
- Steady rise in agri imports to hit domestic farmers hard
Customs duties on most major food items in short supply are now at zero or an all-time low.
22 Feb, 2008, 04.41 AM IST