Action taken report by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board on the operation of 9 cold storages in tehsil Sadabad, Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. During the visit, one of the cold storage units was not in operational condition and found closed. The other 8 cold storage facilities were found …
TAMLUK, March. 3: Potato production in East Midnapore is expected to decrease by 30 per cent this year, compared to previous years due to an outbreak of late blight. With the district agriculture department doing little to arrest the spread of the disease, farmers feel it would be almost impossible …
KOLKATA, Feb. 12: The state government will set up two potato export facilitation centres in the state. The centres will help promote export of potato to Europe, Asia and the Middle East, minister for food processing Mr Mohanta Chatterjee said today. He was speaking at the 44th annual general meeting …
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Punjab Parkash Singh Badal has sanctioned a corpus fund of Rs 5 crore from the rural development fund (RDF) for operating a freight subsidy of Rs 400 per tonne for marketing of potatoes within India and Rs 1,500 per tonne for export. This was disclosed today …
Markfed explores market for export Markfed will facilitate export of 3,000 tonnes of potato to West Asia countries besides inter-state movement of two lakh tonnes to ease potato glut in the state and ensure remunerative price.. Cooperation Minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh said today Markfed team, which was visiting Dubai to …
Markfed has offered Rs 250 per tonne as freight subsidy to potato farmers across the state for inter-state movement of the crop and Rs 1,000 per tonne as freight subsidy for exports. Financial Commissioner (Cooperation) BC Gupta said today that the department had written to the financial commissioner development for …
Ludhiana: Bringing relief to the distressed potato growers in the state, who have been hit by a 15-year-low in the crop's market price, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked Markfed to purchase the produce. Punjab Mandi Board Chairman Ajmer Singh Lakhowal said,
Chandigarh: A meeting of Markfed officials was held here on Tuesday. It was decided that the federation would be taking up the marketing of potatoes. However, a final decision in this regard was kept pending.
Economic slowdown may hit potato farming in developing countries THE Food and Agriculture Organization (fao) has warned that the booming potato production in developing countries may receive a setback due to global economic slowdown. In its year-end review titled
The state government has extended the benefits of Sixth Pay Commission to the employees of local bodies, government teachers and junior doctors. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting here on Wednesday. Approving the Rizvi committee recommendations, the Cabinet decided to extend the benefits of pay commission to local …
A STAFF REPORTER Calcutta, Jan. 14: Food and beverage company PepsiCo today announced its decision to pump an additional Rs 250 crore into its factory at Sankrail, Howrah. PepsiCo subsidiary Frito-Lay manufactures and markets a variety of chips and snacks from the Rs 500-crore unit.
OUR CORRESPONDENT The potatoes being dumped in the crater dug for the purpose near the cold storage. Picture by Anirban Choudhury Alipurduar, Jan. 12: More than 23,000 quintals of potato had to be buried after a cold storage owner failed to sell them on the intruction of the State Bank …
Ludhiana: Punjab once again seems to heading towards a potato glut. A 15-year low price and high production of this crop is fast becoming a bane for potato growers, who are now demanding Government intervention for salvaging the situation. The prevailing potato price in the state is Rs 1.50 per …
Having faced sourcing issues for potato in 2008, food and beverage major PepsiCo is planning to ensure supply by introducing farming equipment and technology and new potato seed varieties to decrease chances of crop loss. It also aims to increase the acreage under contract farming by entering new states across …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi December 16, 2008, 0:25 IST It beats rice and wheat in almost all respects. Potato seems poised to emerge as a key food crop in the near future. First, potato yields more food per unit of land and per unit of time than either wheat …
More losses for Bihar farmers AFTER a loss of crops to the tune of Rs 800 crore during the Kosi floods, rotting of 3,400 tonnes of potato worth Rs 2 crore in a cold storage in Patna has dealt another blow to Bihar
Vishnu Pandey / Kanpur November 01, 2008, 20:55 IST A severe fertiliser shortage is threatening the timely sowing of potato and allied crops such as mustard in the
