Farmers Dump Potato

The situation has worsened so much that the farmers are not even getting labourers to extract potatoes from the potato fields.

A bumper crop would normally bring cheer to farmers but farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India's biggest potato growing state, are far from happy. The new crop has arrived, yet the state's 1825 cold storages are still flush with last year's produce. It's a desperate situation for small and marginal farmers who are staring at losses, caught between high in...

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh faced an embarrassing situation on Saturday as quintals of potatoes were thrown by the farmers in front of the Vidhan Sabha building and outside Chief Minister's residence.

The situation has worsened so much that the farmers are not even getting labourers to extract potatoes from the potato fields.

A bumper crop would normally bring cheer to farmers but farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India's biggest potato growing state, are far from happy. The new crop has arrived, yet the state's 1825 cold storages are still flush with last year's produce. It's a desperate situation for small and marginal farmers who are staring at losses, caught between high in...

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh faced an embarrassing situation on Saturday as quintals of potatoes were thrown by the farmers in front of the Vidhan Sabha building and outside Chief Minister's residence.