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UP amends Mandi Act to facilitate direct procurement from farmers

Farmers allowed to sell 46 fruits and vegetables directly without bringing them to mandis

Covid-19: Panic in Azadpur mandi after death; officials say ops to continue

In the last few days, some traders threatened to suspend their operations following the death of a trader due to Covid-19 and after rumours apread that two more mandi workers had got infected.

Covid-19: Okhla vegetable market witnesses low turnout due to lockdown

While the sellers expressed concerns over low revenues, the customers were seen stocking on supplies.

Farmers let rabi 30% veggies rot in fields, start ploughing for kharif

With normal monsoon forecast this year, they want to take advantage of pre-monsoon showers

Letter to BS: Govt should buy vegetables from farmers to prevent wastage

The government should step in and avoid a situation where farmers are forced to destroy food

The travails of those who ensure food reaches our tables in Covid-19 times

A highly contagious virus is in the air. But at this wholesale market, as in most others of the country, physical distance is hardly priority.

Coronavirus lockdown: Vegetable, grain mandis limp back to normalcy

There are reports of farmers destroying produce at some places on not being able to access markets

Essential supplies face disruption as Covid-19 cripples road transport

The possibility of harassment by cops and fear of the unknown have forced a large number of truck drivers to abandon vehicles at the transport centres and flee home.

Vegetable prices surge ahead of mandi closure despite surge in arrivals

Stockists rush to store for uninterrupted supply to retailers and consumers, with APMC remaining shut tomorrow for disinfection against coronavirus

Uptick in retail prices in FY20 mainly on veggies, pulses: Survey

The Economic Survey 2019-20, presented in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that inflation has been witnessing moderation since 2014, however, recently there has been an "uptick

Despite kharif loss, Centre pegs 7% rise in 2019-20 onion output

Overall vegetable production estimated higher than last year at 188 mt; that of fruit, spices could be a little less

How this company uses solar dehydration to boost shelf life of vegetables

In Maharashtra, the company is harnessing the sun to create a new type of value added product - dried fruit and vegetables

Vegetable prices soar in the wholesale, retail markets as flood hits supply

Vegetable arrivals at mandis, especially in Maharashtra, have declined by more than 50 per cent since the beginning of the month

Metal toxicity found in veggies grown near Yamuna: NGT-appointed panel

The vegetable samples were picked up from Usmanpur Khadar, Geeta Colony and Mayur Vihar and were tested for the presence of metals like Lead (Pb), Nickel (Ni), Cadmium (Cd) and Mercury (Hg)

Big can be beautiful too

Since each is the size of a football, every time we have cabbage - and we seem to have it a lot - there is much more of it to go around

Over 56% of Delhi-NCR students low on daily vegetable intake: Icrier survey

The study was based on a survey of 98,596 students in classes 5-12 in 90 schools

Fruits, vegetables export to Kuwait to resume but Kerala has to wait

Indian fruit and vegetable exporters believe that trade could re-start in a couple of days

Intense heat takes a toll on prices of vegetables by upto 45%

Vegetables prices declined by asteep upto 45 per cent over the last two weeks on supply boost following farmers'rush to harvest pre-matured crops amid fears of high spoilage on intense heatand expectations of early season rainfalls.Data compiled by the governmentowned National Horticulture Board (NHB) showed the sharpest i.e. 45 per centfall in the prices of okra (lady's finger) in the wholesale Delhi mandi overthe last two weeks. The vegetable plunged to trade at Rs 10.75 a kg on May 26from its level of Rs 19.50 a kg on May 12.Similarly, bitter gourd inMumbai's wholesale mandi plunged by a steep 22 per cent to Rs 18 a kg on May 26from Rs 23 a kg two weeks ago. Vegetables prices declined not only in thewholesale mandis but in retail markets also. Bitter gourd in retail Mumbai andChennai markets, according to NHB, declined by 25 per cent and 27 per centrespectively in the last 15 days.Experts believe that the pre-seasonstormy rainfalls in many parts of India have prompted farmers ...

Select vegetables' prices crash on farmers' rush for sale

Huge arrivals from Gujarat and MP increase supply; farmers fear higher spoilage on rise in temp

Vegetable prices fall on better supply, output estimates

Traders attribute the decline to above-normal monsoon rain; sowing is estimated to have risen 10-15% so far this season