India: Bumper crop sends potato prices crashing in Bengal

on February 14, 2017

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The price of potato has seen a near 40 per cent year-on-year decline in Bengal mostly because of a bumper crop.Â Increased flow of stock from Uttar Pradesh and Punjab has also led to weak demand from neighbouring consumer States such as Odisha, further contributing to the decline in prices.Â Production is expected to be nearly 22 per cent higher than last[Read More...]

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