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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...- Beyond coriander and mint: 7 herbs from around the world you could grow in your kitchen gardenDiscover a world of culinary herbs beyond the usual suspects like basil and mint. Many are easy to grow in pots and can elevate everyday me...
- Lakhs of farmers committed suicide between 2005-14, situation changed under Modi regime: UP CM YogiUttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday highlighted a transformation in agriculture over the past 12 years. He also stated that farme...
- Beyond rice, wheat: Why India must revive native ‘orphan crops’ for protein securityIndia can boost nutrition security, cut import dependence, and build a global smart protein industry by scaling climate-resilient indigenou...
- Consumers unlikely to see major impact on food prices over next 2-3 months: Consumer Affairs SecyThe government is closely monitoring the prices of essential food commodities. At present, prices have remained stable and largely range-bo...
- Bengal polls: Tata exit still shapes Singur, 18 years onSingur's landscape is marked by abandoned factory remnants and damaged farmland. The Tata Motors Nano project's 2008 exit reshaped Bengal p...
- Quality and branding: The twin pillars of India’s global horticulture pushA coordinated push involving policy support, private investment, and technology adoption can help India shift from volume-driven to value-l...
- World's most expensive potato: All you may want to knowThe Le Bonnotte potato, exclusively cultivated on Ile De Noirmoutier island in France, is sold for ₹40,000-50,000 per kilogram and availabl...
- How Lady Rosetta helped Gujarat family earn Rs 25 crore a year10 farmers have been minting money from Lady Rosetta potatoes, producing on average 20K metric tonnes.
- Potato cultivation dips in Northern IndiaUsually potato growers are rooted to its cultivation and are not swayed by volatility in price. “But in the few years wholesale potato pric...
- Politics, prices pummel Bengal potato plantersPotato growers in West Bengal are hit hard by ban on sale to other states and excess produce.
- Potato acreage rises due to higher farmer's remuneration, cheaper seedRise in potato production has caused gluts in recent years in India. It has hurt business interest of stakeholders including traders, cold ...
- Agriculture experts call on farmers to focus on self marketingPunjab being one of the highest potato producing states, its farmers can considerably add to their income through this crop, they said.
- Potato cultivation leaves Kandhamal farmers with debt burdenA fact-finding team of experts confirmed that the seeds were contaminated with bacteria and hence there was no yield.
- Hooghly: Farmers taking their lives because of inability to sell potatoes at reasonable pricesFarmers had grown more potatoes this year as they got good prices last year. The output in 2014 was 95 lakh kg which has increased to 120 l...
- Potato export ban in West Bengal fails to check pricesPotato prices have not declined in the West Bengal despite the government banning potato export from August 1 from the state.
- Potato prices to remain firm in coming months in West BengalPotato prices are expected to remain firm for the next few months in West Bengal. Prices have gone up by almost 34% for regular variety of ...
- McCain to cultivate potato over 8000 acres in in Gujarat by 2014The company currently supplies 30,000 MT of potatoes to Indian arm of global food service retailer McDonald's for frech fries.
- Bengal farmers protest against falling prices of potatoesIn a novel protest, farmers here threw potatoes on the national highway, demanding that the government should intervene to arrest falling p...
- Govt wants drop in potato output, but Bengal heads for bumper cropEven as the West Bengal government wanted a decline in potato production to avoid the problem of oversupply of the vegetable in local marke...
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