Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo AHMEDABAD (Gujarat), Mar 1 : Sitting in a Global GAP-certified village in Gujarat’s potato belt, the man steering HyFun Foods’ agribusiness arm HyFarm makes an unlikely-sounding wager – rising temperatures in Uttar Pradesh, long seen as a problem for Indian agriculture, will quietly transform the country’s largest table potato state into its next French fry powerhouse. “I could see in the last six-seven years, the solid percentile in UP is increasing because of temperatures going up in that particular area,” said Soundarradjane S, CEO of Gujarat-based HyFarm. “Clearly, we see UP in the next three to five years will emerge as the next processing hub,” he told PTI in an interview.
