Why potato farmers remain dejected lot despite potential
Joshua Kagera embraced potato farming with gusto four years ago. Back then he says, things were sweet. “I was able to live comfortably from growing the crop. I had a...
Read moreJoshua Kagera embraced potato farming with gusto four years ago. Back then he says, things were sweet. “I was able to live comfortably from growing the crop. I had a...
Read moreSavvy agronomy is one of the best returns on money, according to Iain Wilson, who saved his salary in inputs in his first year as Farm Manager at Tulloch Farms...
Read moreFarm experts are of the view that rising prices of essential commodities coupled with wage deflation and increasing joblessness are pushing poor households to the point of distress despite the...
Read more"We are seeing the world become far more agile through the use of technology," Alison Sunstrum, founder of CNSRV-X, said during her Oct. 27 appearance on an Innovation in a...
Read morePotato growers are facing an increasing challenge. The changing climate has long required a new approach to potato storage. Since the 2020 harvest has banned the germ inhibitor chlorpropham, a different approach...
Read moreSowing wildflowers into potato crops could reduce aphid-carried viruses and offer an alternative to declining access to insecticides for growers. In Scotland, trials are being carried out to discover the...
Read moreThe farmers whose crops were left unharvested were waiting for rain to soften the dirt lumps so they wouldn’t bruise the potatoes, then temperatures dipped into the low double digits...
Read moreThe calculated amount of pesticides still present, on vegetables and fruit, which act on the nervous system, remains considerably below the safety limit with an average daily consumption. According to the...
Read moreLucrative as it is, potato industry is yet to achieve its full potential. At present, the average potato yield in Kenya is only three to six tonnes per acre. Contributing...
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