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Higher acreage, better yield to lift potato production in Bengal, UP
January 03, 2021
White potatoes are seen for sale at a farmers market June 3, 2010, in downtown Washington, DC. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards - AFP
White potatoes are seen for sale at a farmers market June 3, 2010, in downtown Washington, DC. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards - AFP×
Prices likely to remain under pressure
Potato production across the key growing States of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and West Bengal is likely to be higher this year on the back of an increase in the area under cultivation and a better yield.
According to Arvind Agarwal, President of UP Cold Storage Association, while there has been a clear increase in the acreage under the tuber this year, it is difficult to estimate the rise in production right now as harvesting is yet to gather pace in many of the growing regions.
Supply Channels Blocked, Goa Feels the Burn of Karnataka s Severe Cow Slaughter Bill
Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said that the state was currently sourcing live animals and beef meat from other statesâ.
Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant. Photo: Facebook/Dr Pramod Sawant
Politics24/Dec/2020
New Delhi: The BJP-led government in Goa is trying to find an alternative legal channel to ensure safe passage of livestock to the state after neighbouring Karnataka recently passed a stringent anti-cow slaughter Bill.
Indian Express, the Pramod Sawant-led government has convened a meeting between Karnataka’s cattle suppliers and Goa’s meat traders to find a way to supply livestock to the state. Goa thrives on tourism, a vital resource of which is food.
Goa goes into huddle to find way around Karnataka slaughter law
With Maharashtra passing the anti-cattle slaughter act four years ago, Goa relies solely on Karnataka for bulk of its beef consumption supplied either through transport of live buffalo and bull or carcass from the neighbouring state’s abattoirs. Updated: December 24, 2020 7:05:45 am
Over the the past 72 hours, with the state already starting to feel shortage of beef, the Goa government has come under growing administrative and political pressure to facilitate meat to a tourist state gearing for Christmas and New Year celebrations.
With the BJP government in Karnataka proposing a more stringent law on banning cattle slaughter, the Pramod Sawant-led Goa administration on Wednesday convened a meeting between cattle suppliers from Karnataka and meat traders of Goa to look for a legal channel for safe passage of livestock to the state.