Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 15:44
China has become the world's largest potato producer, accounting for nearly a quarter of the global production, according to a new report.
Last Updated: Monday, April 6, 2015, 17:44
Facing "mounting" losses due to plummeting potato prices, growers in Punjab on Monday demanded a minimum support price (MSP) for the vegetable and freight subsidy for its transportation to export markets.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 19:11
The Odisha government on Tuesday decided to procure 6,600 tonnes of potatoes at Rs 6 a kg from farmers even as the state assembly was stalled for the second consecutive day over alleged distress sale of the vegetable.
Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 21:17
The government has decided to remove the minimum export price of potato as its availability has increased and prices have eased in domestic markets.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 11, 2015, 17:48
Fearing price rise becoming an issue during Delhi assembly polls, the Centre has decided to create a buffer stock of potato and onion to check prices in Delhi-NCR region.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 29, 2014, 01:22
The all India production of potato during 2013-14 has decreased by 2.3 percent in comparison to 2012-13, as per the provisional estimates provided by the states.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 04:49
For some watchers of international diplomacy, the somber road to Syrian peace was overrun by potatoes and furry pink hats.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 13:53
harkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has asked his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to lift curbs on the sale of potatoes to his state and help reduce the exorbitant price of the vegetable.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 22:54
With Odisha`s efforts to restore normal flow of potato consignments from West Bengal failing to yield any result, the price of potato mounted to Rs 50 a kilogram in the state.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 20:36
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said potatoes would be taken out from cold storages by November 30 for sale.
Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 14:04
In view of the damage caused to agricultural land by the June calamity, the Uttarakhand government has decided to buy the produce of potato and apple growers in the affected areas.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 13:28
After 160 years, scientists have finally identified the strain of potato blight that caused the Irish potato famine which ravaged Ireland from 1845 to 1852, killing one million people.
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