Onions

Onion prices will stay depressed till the arrival of the long shelf life rabi or winter crop in the markets in mid-March, experts said on Tuesday. There is a supply glut in the market which has led to events like farmers getting a pittance of their input costs for the produce and also angry farmers halting trading at Asia's biggest market place Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, on Monday, they said. Independent farm sector analyst Deepak Chavan told PTI that there are a variety of reasons for the current spate of troubles which has led to panic selling by farmers as the shelf life of the late kharif harvest is too small, and called for government intervention. Chavan said more farmers sowed the 'late kharif' variety rather than the kharif variety this year leading to an increase in acreage and estimated that productivity has gone up by up to 20 per cent leading to the current situation. Prolonged rains delayed sowing and many farmers opted for the 'late kharif' variety. They also saw a ..

Prices are soaring, fueling inflation and prompting countries to take action to secure supplies. Morocco and Turkey have halted some exports, as has Kazakhstan

A retail store in the Philippines accepted onions as "payment" for select in-store items as part of an onion-raising drive for a "community pantry" or food bank project

To check any sharp jump in retail onion prices, Centre on Friday said it has started offloading the buffer stock in a targeted manner to states where prices are increasing over the previous months.

All-India average retail price of onions has dropped by 60 per cent this year to Rs 40 per kg

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said he will be meeting onion cultivators in Nashik, where auctions were suspended at APMCs in protest against the Centre-imposed stock limit on the staple

The traders have blamed natural calamities for the sudden price hike in the vegetable market

Currently, Nafed is offloading onion buffer stock in the market to boost domestic availability and check onion prices which surpassed Rs 75 per kg in some parts of the country in the last few weeks

The government on Wednesday relaxed import norms till December 15 to facilitate the early shipment of onion to boost the domestic supply and check the retail prices of the key kitchen staple.

Easing ban on exports, the government on Friday allowed shipments of Bangalore rose onions and Krishnapuram onions with certain conditions

A decision has been taken that onion export shipments which were handed over to the customs before imposition of the export ban on the vegetable could be released for sending to various countries

Bangladesh importers have been eagerly waiting for onion consignments to get cleared from Chittagong port, a day after the Indian government allowed pre-contracted onions to enter the markets

India has allowed the export of onions lying on ports in transit to all countries including Bangladesh, government sources said on Friday

Bangladesh has officially conveyed its deep concern over India's banning the export of onions without due notice

'Our earnings are not even supporting the expense of fuel to carry them to market'

Stock limits will be imposed only under exceptional circumstances like national calamities and famine, said the FM

Alerts from the portal will help the govt take timely market intervention under the central scheme 'Operation Greens' by providing subsidy to farmers for storage and transportation of the produce

Sources said the decision was taken at a meeting of a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minister Amit Shah

Fractured markets accentuate the demand-supply mismatch typical of this dining staple

There were some reports that the imported variety of onions was sweet and not good for health