February 25, 2020

After many years, it’s going to be a ‘Happy Holi’ for potato farmers in India

After a lull of 10 years, potatoes are selling for Rs 900-1,000 a quintal. For the past several years, potatoes were selling at around Rs 400-600 a quintal. After the 2016-17 price-crash, the farmers in the potato belt of the country had given up on potato cultivation, but things are looking up this year

Virendra Singh