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The humble potato, the staple vegetable in Indian kitchens, is rather pricey now, and its prices might not cool until fresh crop from Uttar Pradesh reaches the veg stalls from next month. Until then, wholesale prices of the tuber could climb to Rs 40 per kg from Rs 34 due to availability constraints. Retailing rates will be anybody’s guess. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3mNlMpA

Rural women were growing inbred rice, a self-pollinated home-grown rice, in a traditional way. Now, they are trained to grow hybrid seeds even by using the Direct Seed Rice (DSR) technique. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/32bUhxR

Of this, 158.52 lakh tonnes of paddy stands procured across the state. Singh said as many as 28.69 lakh passes have been issued by the Mandi Board so far to the farmers through arthiyas (commission agents) to bring paddy to mandis. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2TMjr1I

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (Iffco) spokesperson said, the estimated demand for urea is 18.3 million tonne, which is 80,000 tonne higher than 2019. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3mRasIO

The study conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) was based on a face-to-face survey of 6,098 respondents -- 3,965 crop farmers, 757 marine fishermen and 1,376 livestock owners. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/38epV1w

According to Food ministry, "FCI has been asked to tie up with the rice mills in different regions for necessary investments in this regard." The operational readiness of FCI would help in successfully scaling up procurement and supply of fortified rice in a phased manner from 2021-2022 onwards, it added. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3jTFxK7

Ex-mill price of top-quality tur dal in Latur has declined from Rs 120/kg to Rs 100/kg since the government announced extension in the duration to import tur from November 15 to December 31. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2I0HWFX

A similar situation prevailed in Delhi, one of the major consuming markets, where retail prices were firm at Rs 65 per kg, in Kolkata at Rs 70 per kg and Chennai at Rs 72 per kg on Monday, as per the government data. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/34Pw429

Mills in India are eyeing increased consumption as a way to cut the nation’s chronic oversupply, which stems partly from the favorable incentives provided to growers in politically powerful rural areas. High production costs mean the country finds it hard to sell sugar on the global market without subsidies. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/2HL1wWT

The cooperative has asked bidders to supply 40 to 60 mm size of red onions from any country of origin at Rs 50 per kg by November 20. They can bid for a minimum quantity of 2,000 tonnes to be supplied in multiple lots of 500 tonnes, it said. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3jOgrw5

As part of the exercise, it may move apex export promotion bodies of these products – Agricultural and Processed Food products Export Development Authority (Apeda) and Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) – to their respective ministries. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/35MNYC5

India on Friday allowed the import of fresh and chilled potatoes from Bhutan without any license, up to January 31, 2021. Their imports were restricted till now. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/3kK3Xa6

Goyal said onion prices had fallen in recent days because of stock limits that were imposed and the ban on exports. from Agriculture-Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/34F0Pqw