I, onion: An authorised biography of the humble vegetable

Onions are so ubiquitous on people’s plates that fluctuations in the tuber’s prices can make or break electoral fortunes; cultivators …

Onion crisis: ‘High time Union govt invested in low-cost storage’

Country director, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics talks to DTE on onion price volatality, amendement to …

Maharashtra onion crisis: Farmers bearing the brunt of low demand, poor export

Produce rates may remain low until export-worthy summer harvest arrives in the market

Extreme weather events, Russia-Ukriane war escalating onion prices globally

Countries banning exports to stabilise prices; posing threat to food security and nutrition

Onion price crash, farmers’ distress fail to move governments

While farmers are in distress due to crash in onion, tomato and potato prices, government paints a rosy picture

Himachal's Kharif onion initiative: Can it help check annual price rise?

The project focusses on Dalit and tribal women farmers in Chamba growing onion with the help of Solan University

After massive crop damage, Maharashtra onion farmers stare at more losses as prices drop to all-time low

Farmers have decided to define a minimum selling price for selling onions at the APMC to counter losses  

Subsidies not enough: Heavy rains destroy pearl onion crop in Tamil Nadu, prices reach Rs 100/kg

Heavy rains since November; farmers ask for MSP, production-based benefits

जग बीती: प्याज नहीं खाना चाहिए?

Centre draws flak from Parliamentary panel over state of onion silos

The Standing Committee also noted that 51,582.74 million tonnes (MT) of onion had been damaged due to spoilage in the last three years

Onion price crash: Maharashtra farmers to protest next week unless government increases costs

Onion prices at Lasalgaon Mandi have fallen even below production cost after NAFED released stocks in the market

Fenugreek and onions are good for diabetic heart

The fibre-rich fenugreek seeds and sulfur compound-rich onion are now understood to possess significant sugar-lowering as well as lipid-lowering …

Climate change fails to find mention in Budget speech

Far from being a reformist budget, Budget 2018 merely touches upon few segments of Indian agriculture and is not likely to bring changes to …

Myth of onion

The humble vegetable’s price is not a lethal weapon against politicians but their victim

Demonetisation 2.0: cash crunch hits farmers, again

More than creating financial crunch for upcoming sowing season, cash crunch is impacting the prices at which farmers are selling their produce

Maharashtra unseasonal rains likely to damage onions, wheat, grapes

Along with a drop in price, the conditions will bolster pest attacks, farmers say

Onion, garlic can cut breast cancer risk: Study

The vegetables are rich in flavonols and organosulfar compounds and also contain anticarcinogenic properties

Civil society asks Karnataka govt to cut ties with Akshay Patra

The non-profit, a wing of ISKCON, has been accused of not providing onions, garlic and eggs in the mid-day meals that it supplies for school children

Low food inflation is bad news for farmers

Prices of some vegetables plummeted by 60 per cent between July 2016 and April 2017, further aggravating agrarian crisis

Centre approves Operation Green pilot in 8 states

17 clusters have been chosen in 8 states to roll out the pilot of Operation Green, a Central scheme aimed to contain annual price distress …

Onion growers blockade highway; demand revoking export ban

Consumers likely to face the brunt

Maharashtra farmers threaten stir over inclusion of onion as essential commodity

Inclusion of onions in the essential commodities list would mean that they would not be able to store onions while awaiting better prices as this …

Onion export ban lifted

Minimum export price fixed at US $475 a tonne. Will it profit farmers?