Supply shocks, export disruptions, and labour shortages caused by the Iran war are beginning to strain India’s agriculture despite ample fo...

India's top fruit export, bananas, faces disruption due to the West Asia conflict. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has stranded thousan...

As fruit prices climb to unprecedented heights, families are feeling the pinch in their wallets. With inflation averaging a staggering 13.2...

Bananas, originating from ancient India over 5,000 years ago, spread globally thanks to figures like Alexander the Great and Arab traders. ...

India is the world’s largest producer of bananas, which are highly perishable. To keep fruit cool on the journey, they’re covered with leav...

Banana inflation increased to 16.5% in November from 2.2% four months ago, according to consumer inflation data released last month. Retail...

The cost of bananas has doubled over last week due to declining supply from Tamil Nadu; traders are blaming middlemen and transporters for ...

While grapes continued to be the sweetest fruit for Indian traders, with shipments worth more than Rs 2,400 crore in 2020-21, according to ...

Enhanced tissue cultured banana production in West Bengal can be attributed to the initiative taken by the Kolkata-based Jalans of the Keve...

The case of banana is no different. The state is famous for its popular banana chips. But it is dominated by non-branded players.

Orange is selling at Rs40 per kg whereas banana, the commoner’s fruit, is selling at Rs50-60 per kg, while apple is priced double that of o...

Cyclone Phailin has ruined more than 70 per cent of banana fruit in Bihar's Vaishali district, hub of cultivation of the fruit located nort...

The country already incurs post-harvest losses of fruits and vegetable worth Rs 2 lakh crore per year due to lack of storage and processing...

In 2011-12, 21,525 metric tonnes of banana were exported of the total 2,56,767 fresh fruit exports from the country.

The fruit, which was selling upward of Rs 40/dozen in the retail markets in cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Pune is now available for less th...

As the uncertainty over sugarcane prices plays havoc with growers, an increasing number of farmers in the state’s sugar bowl of western Mah...

As the uncertainty over sugarcane prices plays havoc with growers, an increasing number of farmers in the state’s sugar bowl of western Mah...