Despite another strong decline in the vegetable production in 2019, prices in the 2019/20 season have fallen compared to the previous year, mainly as a result of supply pressure from foreign markets following an increase in Polish imports at the beginning
Moroccan raspberry producers have received the green light from the US health and agricultural authorities to export their output to the American market which has grown significantly over the past few years.
Cabbages from Lincolnshire can now be enjoyed in Malaysia following an intervention by the Department for International Trade which could have knock-on benefits for vegetable producers throughout the UK.
Though prices of onions have come down with supply from Maharashtra, Gujarat and parts of Rajasthan, another essential item of kitchen produce is touching an all-time high price.
Less than 20% of flowering in about 140,000 hectares of mango orchards in Chittoor district by late January end is definitely a worrisome phenomenon, according to senior officials of the Horticulture Department.
The origin of square watermelons dates back to 1978 when Japanese farmer Tomoyuki Ono began thinking of ideas to transport watermelon more easily and in less space.
Export of the KP onion variety from Andhra Pradesh will be permitted in a day or two, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal last Tuesday. Rose onions are locally called KP onion in Andhra Pradesh.
Sindh province in southern Pakistan is the red chilli capital of Asia; the area is responsible for 85 percent of all red chilli production in Pakistan, contributing 1.5 percent of the country's GDP.
Last Friday, state Agriculture Minister Dada Bhuse said that the government was planning to give banana the 'fruit' status, in order for farmers to the desired subsidy from the state government through the various schemes.
Overall, the value of bananas imports for all importing countries rose by an average 2.5% since 2014 when international purchases of bananas were valued at $15.2 billion.
Against a production of 3.2 mln tonnes in 2018-19, the 2019-20 figure is expected to decline to 2.0-2.2 mln tonnes, says Jagannath Khapare, head of exports, Maharashtra State Grape Growers Association.
Last Wednesday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticized the Indian federal government over the prices of onions imported from other nations.
