Prices had fallen this year as potato cultivation was higher compared to last year,” Patit Paban De, former president, West Bengal Cold Storage Association, said. “Prices had been at around `550/quintal at the cold storage gate before the government declared the MPP. Potato prices in West Bengal, the second largest potato producing state, crashed last month. They are able to earn profits,” West Bengal agriculture minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay told FE. “Farmers are now selling potatoes at `850-1050/quintal. The average cost of production for the farmers in UP ranges between `800-900/quital. So far Nafed has purchased 10,291 tonne of union from the farmers in Maharashtra at an average price of `900/quintal.Ĭurrently average potato price at Agra is `800-850/ quintal against `1,400-1,600/quintal prevailed a year back. To deal with depressed prices, the government had directed the farmers’ cooperative Nafed and NCCF to immediately intervene in the market through purchase of onion from the farmers. The estimated production of onion in the country during the 2022-23 crop year (July-June) is a record 31.8 million tonne (MT) against 31.7 MT reported in the previous year. “Against the cost of production of `1000/quintal to `1200/quintal, the farmers are getting far less in the mandis,” Balasaheb Misal, former director, Manmard (Maharashtra) mandi board and an onion farmer said. Some damage to rabi crops due to unseasonal rains yet to receive full report from states: Centre
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