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december 17, 2012

Pepsi's low but assured price turns Bengal farmers to Atlanta potatoes

Lufthar Rahman and his neighbours at Abhirampur village in Hooghly in West Bengal have sowed more Atlanta variety of potato this year. It is for use by PepsiCo India for making flakes and other Frito-Lay products.

december 12, 2012

High input cost to keep potato prices firm in West Bengal

With the new potato crop expected to be in market over the next two weeks, a sharp rise in input cost is likely to keep the prices firm. Prices of potato seeds in West Bengal, which accounts for 30 per cent of the country’s potato production, have gon...

november 17, 2012

West Bengal potato storage owners demand 50% rent hike

In West Bengal, the joint committee of potato cold storage association has threatened to shut down their units if the state government fails to increase the rent by at least 50 per cent in the wake of hike in electricity tariff.

november 04, 2012

Bengal cold storages threaten strike

With potatoes from Punjab expected to reach Bengal only in December, state cold-storage owners are planning to make use of the projected supply crunch from mid-November.

oktober 24, 2012

Madhya Pradesh to adopt Dutch storage technology

To enhance the storage life of vegetable products, especially of onions and potatoes, Madhya Pradesh government has decided to make changes in the cold-storages here by taking help of the technical know-how available in Holland. "Holland's expert...

oktober 22, 2012

Potato cultivatio?n dwindles this season in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu

A recent study showing that potato cultivation has been dwindling in Nilgiris, has prompted officials from the Horticulture Research Centre and Directorate of Marketing Intelligence Centre to initiate steps to encourage farmers to cultivate potato in ...

Potato farmers growing seed potatoes in Bhutan

september 14, 2012

West Bengal potato farmers facing seed potato supply challenges

Just before the farming season, to begin immediately after Monsoon, potato farmers in West Bengal are now exposed to a critical scenario of seed potato. West Bengal contributes around 32% to India's total potato yield. "Officially, WB State Seed C...

september 03, 2012

Potato prices decline in Bengal

After ruling firm for almost five months starting February this year, potato prices in West Bengal is on a declining trend.

september 02, 2012

Bihar's potatoes to be exported to Russia

Farmers in Bihar's Nalanda district are happy that potatoes grown by them through organic farming will be exported to Russia, an official said on Friday.

augustus 26, 2012

West Bengal to allow inter-state transfer of potato after October

The West Bengal government has decided to curb its decision to restrict inter-state transfer of potato after October. The new harvest starts coming into the market from November.

augustus 17, 2012

Potato export ban in West Bengal fails to bring prices down

Potato prices have not declined in the West Bengal despite the government banning potato export from August 1 from the state.

augustus 16, 2012

Novozymes supports scientist exchange between India and Denmark

?Novozymes and the Holck-Larsen Foundation have joined forces to work with Danish universities to set up a scientist exchange program – the first of its kind – between India and Denmark. “With many, many excellent universities, India has a large popul...

augustus 14, 2012

How Agra became India's cold storage hub and what impact it has on price of potatoes

Agra may be famous for its monuments, but it also holds 7% of India's cold storage capacity - more than in the whole of Punjab. Almost all of it is used to store potatoes. How did the city and surrounding areas become India's cold storage hub and what...

augustus 02, 2012

Punjabi farmers advised to sell stored potatoes by November

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has advised farmers to sell potato stocks stored in cold storage judiciously during October and November, to fetch better returns.

augustus 01, 2012

Researchers in India developed technology to convert potato waste into cattle feed

The problem of glut of potatoes causing heavy losses to farmers can now be reduced drastically as the Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) has standardized a technology for using any quality potatoes for the production of cattle feed of high nutritional value.

juli 11, 2012

Steps taken to check potato late blight in the Indian state of Karnataka

The horticulture department and Krishi Vignana Kendra had organised a demonstration of spraying pesticides in Narasipura in the wake of spread of blight disease for potato crop under Salagame hobli in the taluk recently.

juli 09, 2012

Bengal starts selling potatoes from ration shops

With the prices of potato soaring, the West Bengalgovernment Saturday started selling the tuber from ration shops in the city and satellite town of Salt Lake.

juli 05, 2012

Lured by better returns, Bengal potato farmers go for premium variety

Hurt by the steep price fluctuation in the mass variety of potatoes (Jyoti variety), farmers in West Bengal are taking to the production of Chandramukhi – a premium category of the tuber – to earn steady returns.