Potato prices jump by 25% due to crop damage, frequent hailstorms

Farmers reported a massive crop damage in transit in addition to huge quantity of the potato left unharvested due to mud in the field

Potato prices have jumped by 25 per cent in a month due to crop damage and frequent hailstorms in major cultivating regions. The price currently stands at double than its quote around the same time last year.

The data compiled by the Nashik-based National Horticultural Research & Development Foundation showed model potato price at Rs 14 a kg in the benchmark Asansol wholesale mandi in West Bengal. Prices there had slumped to the season’s low of Rs 11.20 a kg on February 14 on increased arrivals of new season crop. Wholesale prices are expected to go up further to Rs 22,