date:May 27, 2016
e Cooperative Marketing Federation (Markfed) and Registrar of Cooperative Society reported to the steering committee that marketable surplus of 300 tonnes of the tuber are available in six potato growing districts.
As the availability of potato this year is much less and farmers got a good price due to low production, it was decided not to procure potato under the Potato Buffer Stock Scheme in 2016, official sources said.
In view of the low potato production this year, the steering committee ha