News on The Potato Supply Chain from India

February 07, 2023

North Gujarat: Land of Potatoes for Processing

Planting of potatoes for processing in North Gujarat was completed by November 2022. Harvest is to begin around February 20, 2023, and production is expected to be 1.9M tons.

January 24, 2023

Frost causes heavy damage to potato, vegetable crops in north India

Potato farmers in the northern parts of the country have suffered heavy crop losses due to ground frost owing to the fall in temperatures in the last week.

Allround Potato recieving & distribution for peeling and french fries line

December 12, 2022

Allround will demonstrate it's Destoner and Storage hopper at World Mithai Namkeen Convention, Chandigarh, India

Allround (India) Vegetable Processing Machines Pvt. Ltd., is a Dutch-Indian engineering company will showcase their products on at World Mithai Namkeen Convention on 19-21 December in Chandigarh, India.

December 12, 2022

Export of potatoes for processing from India up over 40% YOY

Export data show that from January to September 2022, India exported about 153,000 tons of fresh or refrigerated potatoes suitable for the production of potato chips, an increase of 42% compared to last year.

October 29, 2022

Allround will participate in Agro Tech India 2022

Allround vegetable processing has been participating in Agro tech for the last many years, this year they also want to showcase their shake grader(potato, Onion) and cold storage equipment solution.

October 10, 2022

Natural Storage Solutions Pvt. Ltd. celebrates their silver anniversary

The past 25 years have been an amazing journey, full of incredible people, great clients, rich blessings, and countless opportunities in Post harvest/cold chain/food processing to create world-class projects

September 19, 2022

Seed potato business is taking root in Haryana, India

A new trend has emerged in the Indian State of Haryana, with many potato farmers venturing into the seed potato production business. They even have had contracts from big private players such as McCain and Siddhi Vinayak

September 15, 2022

S.V. Agri Signed MOU With Farmers Collectives Of Assam Towards Localised Value Chain Development

Siddhi Vinayak Agri Processing Private Limited has signed MOU with farmers collectives which are supported under the World Bank and Govt of Assam seeded project for rural transformation named APART.

S V Agri to solve the problem of seeds faced by the farmers

July 25, 2022

S V Agri solves the problem of Potato Seeds faced by the Indian farmers

A program of signing the MoU was organized in the conference hall of Maharana Pratap Horticulture University, Karnal. Siddhi Vinayak Agri Ltd. Hemant Gaur, Managing Director, Vice Chancellor Prof. Samar Singh was welcomed with a bouquet of flowers.

Team PotatoPro with Mr. Kuldeep at InterFood Tech 2022 at Mumbai, India.

July 15, 2022

Kuldeep Sharma (TOMRA) on the Indian Potato Market: Unorganised but great Opportunities

During InterFood Tech in Mumbai, PotatoPro interviewed Kuldeep Sharma from TOMRA Food on the Indian Potato Market, how it differs differs from the European and American Market and Sustainability.

Cold Chain Scheme by Government of India

June 27, 2022

Indian Government invests in Cold Chain, Value Added Processing

For a limited time, the government of India offers significant financial support for investments in the cold chain - including processing, through its plan entitled: 'Scheme of Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure'.

Potato may emerge as the knight with shining armour having potential to ensure global food security in todays fragile agri-food system: Indian Perspective

June 14, 2022

A hero role for potatoes in global food security? An Indian perspective

The global agri-food system has been struggling with a series of disruptions caused by various events including drastic climate variabilities, the global pandemic of Covid-19 outburst, and the recent among them is Russia-Ukraine war.

Government of Madhya Pradesh is committed to provide certified seed to potato farmers on time, receive license for 'Aeroponic Method for Virus-free Potato Seed Production'

May 22, 2022

Government of Madhya Pradesh committed to provide certified seed to potato farmers

Agrinnovate India Ltd., the commercial wing of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi granted the License to the Department of Horticulture & Food Processing, Government of Madhya Pradesh

May 16, 2022

PepsiCo & USAID award women farmers from West Bengal for breaking stereotypes and inspiring communities

PepsiCo and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) acknowledged and awarded six women farmers as part of its ‘Women’s Land Rights and Economic Empowerment’ activity in West Bengal.

May 12, 2022

Potato Production in key production areas of India affected by Unseasonal Rains and Heat Wave

Potato production in the current crop year is estimated to be 53.60 mt, down from 56.17 mt last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture's first estimate of horticulture production.

February 18, 2022

Virtual India Potato Conference 2022

Eventell Global Advisory Pvt Ltd is in the business of commodity consulting, advisory, publications, and conferences. The team of 24 professionals has immense knowledge and understanding of the commodities markets

January 11, 2022

Minituber specialist Technico is now certified as a Great Place to Work

Technico Agri Sciences Ltd. a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITC Limited is now a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization by the Great Place to Work Institute.

December 09, 2021

Big victory for farmers: India revokes patent for PepsiCo's Lay's potatoes

India has revoked a patent for a potato variety grown exclusively for PepsiCo Inc's popular Lay's potato chips, according to an order issued on Friday by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights (PPVFR) Authority.