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No buyers amid lockdown, potato growers hit hard
otato growers in Palampur, Nagrota Bagwan and Kangra are finding no buyers this year.
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Afghanistan produces over 855,000 tons potatoes last year: gov’t
KABUL, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan harvested 855,395 metric tons of potatoes in all farms across the country in 2020,...
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Iran: annual export of potato rises 83%
TEHRAN- As announced by a director in the Iranian Agriculture Ministry, the country’s export of potato increased by 83 percent...
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India: chemical fertilizers & pesticides consumption increased in last 6 years
chemical fertilizers has increased by around 16% between 2015-16 & 2020-21.
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Bangladesh still handicapped by potato growers’ storage problems
bumper potato harvest has been falling on the growers
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India’s water technologies help us do more with less
Water shortages threaten to devastate India’s food security, driving down winter harvests by 20% nationwide and by as much as...
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Lamb Weston builds 2nd chips factory in China
first factory of the American potato processor was build on Chine in Shangdu
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Pakistan seeks self-sufficiency in potato seeds
Pakistan is set to become self-sufficient in potato seed by mid-2022.
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Price drop 50% & cold storages out of space soon
Indian growers are now opting to store the potato in cold storages in view of lower prices
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Record potato production in 2021 Bangladesh expected
potato growers are expecting to achieve a record potato production in Thakurgaon and Panchagrh
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