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POTATO CROP DAMAGE
In 1950, amid the Cold War, a tiny beetle from the US was destroying potato crops across East Germany. Then began one of history's strangest propaganda campaignsIn 1950, a striped potato beetle became the centre of one of the Cold War's most unusual propaganda campaigns after East Germany accused th...- 500 years buried in a jar, and still intact: The wild story behind Peru's ancient space foodRare Inca freeze-dried potatoes discovery in Peru reveals 500-year-old chuño food system and ancient empire trade intelligence. Archaeologi...
- Fears of hunger overwhelm a Central American village as El Nino approachesVillagers in Cunen, Guatemala, confront a severe drought. The looming El Nino weather pattern intensifies fears of widespread hunger. Local...
- Why You Should Never Store Potatoes and Onions TogetherKeep onions and potatoes separate in your kitchen to extend their shelf life. Onions release ethylene gas, which causes potatoes to sprout ...
- Tomato, potato, and vegetable prices set to rocket further due to heatwaves and rainsTomato prices are expected to rise further in north India, including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi NCR, and Haryana, due to heavy rainfall damaging ...
- Potato prices likely to be on hot plate till year-endTrade sources from Uttar Pradesh, the largest producer of potatoes, said the government has already launched a drive to see whether the col...
- Potato costlier by 10% as output fallsThe all-India retail price for potato was Rs 26 per kg on Saturday, up 10.18% month-on-month and 32% year-on-year, showed data from the Dep...
- September deluge stalls kharif harvesting, damages crops"The impact of this untimely rain will not be good for the standing crop. The quality will go down and the colour will change. The marketin...
- Unseasonal rains and hail affect rabi crops in North IndiaFor mustard and gram crops, especially in Rajasthan, hailstorms this month has been detrimental specially in districts like Bharatpur, Dhol...
- Higher fuel and food prices dampen festive spirit for Indians“There had been heavy rains in the last two months which have impacted both onions and tomatoes. The onions that were stored got damaged du...
- Rain causes loss in Rabi crops of wheat, mustardThe prices of mustard and potato, the most affected commodities, are likely to increase due to damage to crops. The retail price of potato ...
- Potato to shed price flab in next ten daysThe state has produced 15.5 million tonnes of potatoes since the beginning of 2019.
- Floods in several states send potato prices up 3% in 14 daysThis month, 50-55% of the potatoes stored in cold storages across Uttar Pradesh were used for consumption.
- Rain, hailstorm damage mustard, vegetable crops; wheat largely unaffectedWhile the rains will help cut the cost of irrigation for the wheat crop, these are set to affect the output of oilseeds.
- Nitin Gadkari assures distressed farmers of govt supportGadkari, who was on a visit to assess crop damage in and around Agra, Aligarh and Meerut, said both wheat and potato crops have been damage...
- Unseasonal rains spell disaster for rabi cropsThe weather office says the next rain-bearing weather system called ‘western disturbance’ would strike the Himalayas on March 5.
- 1500-2000 tons of potatoes exported to Pakistan every day: ExportersPotato crop in Pakistan had got damaged because of frost in winter season which caused massive shortage in its availability for consumption.
- 'Potato crop likely to get damaged in Uttarakhand; no price impact'Potato crop, which contributes about 10% to the country's total output, is expected to get damaged due to recent flash floods but the Centr...
- Karnataka CM D V Sadananda Gowda urges Centre to announce special package for potato farmersKarnataka CM has urged the Centre to announce a special package for potato farmers and also establish a potato research station in Hassan.
- Ground frost blights farmers in PunjabPotato growers in Punjab have been hit by late blight coupled with ground frost condition which has damaged 40% crop in the region.
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