jalandhar, Due to very low potato prices in Punjab, farmers in the state are facing huge losses. He has urged the state government to help him in this regard.
According to potato growers, they are getting Rs 4-4.50 per kg of their crop, compared to Rs 17-18 last year. Now even the cost of farmers does not come out of the sale. So he is storing potatoes in cold rooms in the hope that there will be some improvement in potato prices in a few months.
Potato has been cultivated in an area of ​​1.14 lakh hectare in Punjab this season with a yield of 31.50 lakh tons. Punjab is the largest producer of seed potatoes, supplying several states including West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Bihar, Assam, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. According to farmers, prices have fallen due to bumper harvests in other potato-producing states.
