In Uttar Pradesh, the Centre has approved procurement of 20 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of potatoes under the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for the 2025–26 agricultural year.

Another farmer family from Harned, a village near Hamirpur, which has established a distinct identity in natural farming, has set an excellent example in natural farming.

PepsiCo has offered to stop pursuing four small farmers in India it accuses of illegally growing a variety of potatoes registered for exclusive use in its Lays chips. PepsiCo has offered to stop ...

ABERDEEN, Idaho — Inflation is driving the cost of groceries to record highs, but it’s not the only reason food prices are going up. Many farmers are struggling to grow as much food as they used to.

Hassan: Deputy commissioner KS Latha Kumari stated that traders should support farmers administratively, emotionally, and technically, while also providing high-quality seeds to improve their ...

The Centre has approved procurement of potatoes in UP and chana in AP, alongside a tur procurement extension in Karnataka.

Since 2020, farmers in Ferozepur district are diversifying into potato cultivation amid rising demand, marking an increase in the area under the crop by almost 2,000 acres. Some are even adopting or ...

Three years of mounting losses in potato farming have pushed the family of Minakshi Ghose, a farmer from Kalna in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, into distress. She said her father-in-law, ...

India has revoked a patent for a potato variety grown exclusively for PepsiCo Inc's popular Lay's potato chips, according to an order issued on Friday by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' ...