Tag: Cold Storage

Bhubaneswar: Farmers of Alipingala in Jagatsinghpur are a worried lot now as they have been forced to resort to distress sale of tomatoes due to failure of the district administration in ensuring safe storage of their agricultural produce. The district administration has been unable to set up a cold storage which is why resentment has […]

Sundergarh: Despite good harvest of cauliflower, tomato, brinjal and other vegetables, farmers of the district are forced to go for distress sale this year. Farmers of Bonai area are forced to sell their produce at throwaway prices to traders due to lack of proper facility for storage of crops. They allege that despite a healthy […]

Bhubaneswar:  Once again BJD and BJP are at logger heads and this time the former alliance partners are vying against each other on the agriculture and farmers plight in the state. Though Odisha Government on Tuesday patted its back over the performance of agriculture department, BJP launched a scathing attack by launching protests at 53 […]

Bhubaneswar: Announcing the Centre’s plan to build a modern cold storage in Odisha’s port town of Paradip,Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said it will facilitate export of farm produce as well as ensure their safe storage. “Lack of cold storage has emerged as a major problem for farmers in Odisha. It is essential to […]

Bhubaneswar: “We were carrying out onion farming in several acres of land. But many of us are turning away due to lack of adequate storage and market linkage facilities. Had we got support from Odisha government, we would have continued the farming,” said Lokanath, an onion farmer. Not only Lokanath, several other onion farmers from […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Onion scarcity has turned into a national crisis with soaring prices practically having forced the Indian kitchen staple out of the middle class kitchens. Acute shortage of the bulb is spawning jokes and parodies which have flooded the social media in the last few weeks. “Ye pyaz haemin kis mod pe […]