Tag: onion prices
Unseasonal rain may dent wheat output, quality
Pune: Unseasonal rain and hailstorms in parts of India in the past week may reduce wheat output by 3-4% and hurt grain quality while also…
Vegetable prices crash up to 80% since January, deepening farm distress
Pune|Kolkata: Vegetable prices have plunged since January, worsening farm distress even as consumers get relief. Potatoes are down 40%, onions 50% and tomatoes up to…
How Bangladesh is bringing onion exporters to tears
India’s stagnating onion exports, while baffling government officials, may owe its recent lacklustre performance, despite rock-bottom local farmgate prices, to Bangladesh’s attempts at self-reliance and…
‘Better to destroy than sell’: Onion tears flood Maharashtra, farmers’ hopes dashed
When Sudam Ingle, a farmer from Purandar in Maharashtra, took his onions to the local market last week, he returned home with just Rs 664…
Prices of onions, pulses, cotton hit 3-year low
Prices of daily essentials such as onions, arhar, moong, and urad are trending at their lowest levels in three years, and that of yellow peas…