Farmer in Maharashtra installs CCTV camera to keep an eye on his tomato crops as prices continue to soarA farmer from Maharashtra has installed CCTV cameras to protect his tomato crop. The farmer, Sharad Rawte, has 1.5 acres dedicated to tomat...
08 Aug, 2023, 02.17 PM IST
If tomatoes are expensive, don't eat, grow them at home: UP minister Pratibha ShuklaShukla said, "If tomatoes are expensive, people should grow them at home. If you stop eating tomatoes, the prices will inevitably come down...
23 Jul, 2023, 06.53 PM IST
Extreme low prices for six months is reason behind current tomato crisis, says Maha govtTomato growers experienced losses due to low prices, leading to a decrease in new plantations as a result of delayed monsoons. During Decem...
12 Jul, 2023, 08.22 AM IST
Growers cut tomato plantationMaharashtra is a key supplier of tomatoes to the country during July and August.
12 Jul, 2023, 01.22 AM IST
Tomatoes: The apples of love that India fell forIt is a remarkable change for a vegetable that was little eaten in India till the last century.
05 Dec, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
More supply than demand keeps vegetables cheap in monsoon for first time in several years; traders, growers struggle to sell“Before Covid-19, I used to supply 23 to 30 tonnes of fruits and vegetable to hotels and institutions. Now, it has come down to 5 to 6 tonn...
16 Jul, 2021, 06.18 PM IST
Horticulture production in 2019-20 estimated 3.13% higher than last yearThe second advance estimates also places total horticulture production in 2019-20 to be at 320.48 million tonnes - 3.13% higher than last y...
02 Jun, 2020, 08.18 PM IST
Seed supply woes may hit vegetable availabilityWhile the seed industry is trying to take help of the postal department to dispatch high value low volume vegetable seeds from a handful of...
08 Apr, 2020, 07.56 AM IST
Fruits and vegetables output records flat growthAccording to the third advance estimate, the horticulture production is estaimated to be 313.85 million tonnes as against output of 311.71 ...
29 Aug, 2019, 02.22 PM IST
Govt estimates 4.5% drop in onion output for 2017-18According to ministry data, sowing area for onion farming remained relatively low this year covering around 1.19 million hectares of land.
02 Jan, 2018, 07.27 PM IST
Production of horticulture crops likely to touch 300 million tonnesThe area under horticulture crops has increased from 24.5 million hectare to 25.1 million hectare in 2016-17, recording an increase of 2.6%...
31 Aug, 2017, 06.07 PM IST
Production of horticulture crops likely to touch 295 million tonnesCompared to the previous year when production was 286.18 million tonnes, the harvest is 3.1% higher. It is also 2.7% higher over the first ...
31 May, 2017, 01.41 AM IST
Third year in a row, horticulture output beats grain productionBesides, horticulture production also showed continuous increase unlike foodgrain output which reported a decline in 2014-15 as compared to...
01 Jan, 2016, 11.10 AM IST
- Conscious Capitalism: HUL
HUL is now working closely with key tea plantations and Rainforest Alliance (RA), an international certification body in the area of sustai...
22 Oct, 2010, 03.03 AM IST
Vegetable prices likely to fall by August-end on fresh arrivalsVegetable prices are likely to fall in the next one month with new crops.
19 Jul, 2010, 07.52 AM IST
- Delayed monsoon may take a toll on horticulture production in Haryana
Haryana's horticultural production for the year 2009-10 is likely to take a severe knock-down if drought conditions continue and monsoon ge...
06 Aug, 2009, 03.32 PM IST
- Gujarat goes exotic with cherry tomato
A motley group of farmers in Bharuch district of south Gujarat are attempting to grow “colourful” Israeli varieties of cherry tomato and ca...
15 Jul, 2008, 03.38 AM IST