Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Erratic rains put potato and rice on hot plate

Even though the government has banned exports of non-basmati rice, prices have shot up by 15% amid increased demand from south India where patchy rains in Karnataka have reduced kharif rice production. On the other hand, unpredictable rainfall in October has impacted sowing of the new potato crop, which will delay the arrival of the new crop, pushing up prices of the old stock of potatoes.

from Economy-News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/HoAL39x
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