West Bengal is more likely to witness a rise within the space beneath cultivation for potato in contrast with final 12 months, with the sowing of the spud anticipated to be accomplished inside ten days.
Because the potato growers within the State, the nation’s second-largest producer of the spud, has obtained good costs this 12 months, they’re anticipated to increase the acreage.
“Round 65-70 per cent of potato sowing is accomplished within the State. We count on the sowing exercise to be accomplished inside 10 days. In comparison with final 12 months, the overall space beneath cultivation is predicted to rise by 4-5 per cent as farmers obtained good costs of the spud. Because the growers obtained higher costs for his or her produce after harvesting final 12 months or early this 12 months, the present restriction on inter-State commerce is not going to impression the sowing space,” Patit Paban De, a senior member of West Bengal Chilly Storage Affiliation, instructed businessline.
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The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal authorities has lately restricted inter-State provide of the tuber in a bid to take care of the inventory and hold the value of potato beneath management.
In Bengal, common land beneath potato cultivation is round 4.7 lakh hectares. Whole manufacturing of the spud within the State was estimated to be round 100 lakh tonnes in 2023-24.
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“Sowing of the Chandramukhi number of potato has already been accomplished. At the moment, Jyoti potato is being sown,” De knowledgeable.
“If climate circumstances stay beneficial, this time manufacturing can be round 120 lakh tonnes as space beneath cultivation is about to rise,” he added.
