The bumper production of potato has led to a glut-like situation in Punjab and if immediate measures are not taken, nearly 1 lakh tonnes of the produce will rot in the next 15 days. The government may also find it difficult to dispose of the over 16 lakh tonnes of potato kept in cold stores.

With no buyers, the prices of potato have crashed from Rs 800 per quintal to Rs 250.

Malda, March 28: A group of farmers burnt quintals of potatoes in a Malda village yesterday to protest the lower price for the produce, prompting the district administration to order the agricultural marketing department to buy the crop at Rs 3.50 per kilo.

State Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma today told the Assembly that the State Government was according priority to cold storages and securing market linkage for the farmers so that they got due remuneration for the produce without getting exploited by middlemen.

JAJPUR: An increased production of brinjals in Jajpur district has spelt doom to its farmers as the high output had brought down their prices.

Besides, there is no cold storage for preservation of brinjal and no industry for its biproducts.

The food subsidy burden increased 82% primarily because of the increase in minimum support price.

Soil moisture, rising temperature may affect output.

The buffer stocks of wheat are already close to 20 mt, nearly five times the minimum stock norms for this time of the year.

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Ranchi, Feb. 9: In an unusual show of rage, farmers are destroying tomatoes to protest low prices and highlight the lack of cold storage and food processing facilities in Pithoria, Bhuiyandih and Patamda, the vegetable baskets of Ranchi and East Singhbhum.