India: Annual potato production (since 2014)

Last Modified: 25-Jan-2018 8:23 PM

5,000,000
Estimated number of farmers that cultivate potatoes in India
Rs. 6.25
Average cost of growing 1 kg of potatoes.
Rs 2.50
Additional cost of storage per kilo - typically the crop is stored in cold storage for period between 3 to 6 months.
42 million tonnes
Production in 2014.
48 million tonnes
Production in 2015. Average procurement prices crashed to Rs 2.75/kg.
44 million tonnes
Production in 2016.
48 million tonnes
Production in 2017. Bumper crop has meant that prices were hovering between 50 paisa to Rs 2/kg.

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