date:Mar 20, 2020
n, Patit Paban De, a former president of the West Bengal Cold Storage Association, told. He said prices were firming up in West Bengal after they had mellowed to Rs 11-12 per kg.
This year, the prices had begun rising in February after the yields turned out to be lower than expected in major potato growing states including UR Pushed by the suspected shortfall in output and the need to stock up for the months ahead, cold-store owners and traders have paid twice the rates compared with the previo