India stares at drop in onion output in 2017-18

However, potato production is set to increase around 1% more than last year

India’s onion production in 2017-18 is expected to be 21.4 million tonnes, around 4.5 per cent less than last year due to lss sowing.

However, potato output is expected at 49.3 mt, around one per cent more than last year, showed the first advance estimate for horticultural crops. These were issued on Tuesday.
 

A fall in onion production might push up prices for consumers. For potato farmers, it could be another bad year in terms of prices; the 2017-18 harvest would come after a 12 per cent rise in 2016-17 production at 48.6 mt.

Onion sowing is estimated at 1.19