The production of potato in state of West Bengal is likely to go up to 110 lakh tonnes (LT) in 2015, up by 10% compared to previous fiscal. The West Bengal Cold Storage Association (WBCSA) is expecting a bumper crop of 110 LT of potato as the crop coverage area has gone up by 10% to 4.5 lakh hectares against about 4 lakh hectares last year.
The new crop has already started arriving in markets and with 62 LT of potato stored in about 435 cold storages, there is no need for further capacity expansion. This year the cold storage capacity has been expanded by about three percent.
WBCSA anticipates that the price of potato is unlikely to come below Rs 10-12 per kg at retail level.