India: Pepsico buys potatoes from struggling Bengal farmers

on March 7, 2017

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While a number of potato growers are facing huge losses, a section of Bengal farmers is set to make money from potato cultivation after a collaborative farming arrangement with multinational food giant PepsiCo. PepsiCo officials led by Jaideep Bhatia, director of the agro division, on Friday met potato farmers who cultivated special process-grade potatoes. According to Bhatia, PepsiCo will procure[Read More...]

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