Growing seeds
Dealers in Bangladesh’s Rangpur agricultural region are showing little interest in collecting seed potatoes from the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), as collapsing market prices and two consecutive seasons of farmer losses dampen demand. In the first 15…
Greece’s potato sector is at a critical juncture, with the deadly pathogen Synchytrium endobioticum—commonly known as potato chytrid—threatening the country’s most prestigious Protected Geographical…
Belarus has recently intensified its efforts in potato breeding and cultivation, introducing high-yielding, high-starch varieties and adopting advanced biotechnological tools. Among the most notable…
Norway has developed a range of potato varieties that reflect both its long agricultural history and modern breeding efforts. Traditional landraces form the foundation…
Finland has developed several well-known potato varieties, with Pito and Kulta standing out as the most significant achievements of the country’s breeding programs. These…
In 2026, four new potato varieties of Czech breeding were officially registered in the Czech Republic, covering both the table and processing segments. Baronka…
In early 2026, the COBORU variety registration commission approved the inclusion of four new potato varieties in the national register: two table varieties and…
“Krasa Meshchery” is one of the flagship projects of cooperation between Chuvashia and the Lorch Federal Research Center of Potato. Registered in the State…
The Irkutsk region is seeing systematic growth in the production of virus-free seed potato material, aimed at combating the “degeneration” of potatoes — a…
Anco van der Bos, a third-generation seed potato grower on the Wadden Sea coast, multiplies Annabelle from single plants and credits the method with…
The Potato Research Institute in Niğde has harvested super-elite minitubers of domestic varieties in a soilless hydroponic system. Earlier reports put its capacity at…
The Primorye branch of Rosselkhoztsentr has checked 6,700 tonnes of seed potatoes grown on 2,260 hectares. The lots meet the national seed standard GOST…
Canada’s potato seed system rests on a strong public research base, with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) serving as the principal breeding centre. The…
Mexico’s main potato breeding centre is INIFAP (the National Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research). Over more than 70 years of work, the…
India’s Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, acting on the recommendations of the Central Seed Committee, has officially approved four new potato varieties developed…
Argentina has officially introduced its first two potato lines developed through gene editing — OLI INTA and PIRU INTA — each addressing a distinct…
Early post-harvest virus tests by the Dutch inspection service NAK show downgrading in just over 28% of cases, with only about 15% of samples…
The Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation produced 44,181.7 tonnes of seed potatoes last season, about 31% of its total seed output of 144,232 tonnes.
The French area of seed potatoes fell to 23,800 ha in 2026. Drought and heat then cut yields, and the seed supply for spring…
In parallel with its efforts to develop specialised varieties, ICAR-CPRI is advancing a high-tech seed production system designed to tackle a long-standing problem in…
In 2026, Russia is actively advancing the creation and certification of new domestically bred potato varieties. The Federal Research Center of Potato named after…
Specialists from the Rosselkhoztsentr branch have conducted an approbation (field inspection and variety verification) of second-generation potato planting material grown in protected ground at…
Seed potato crops in Punjab must be planted by 15 October and have their haulms cut by 31 December, under a new standard procedure.…
Following directives from Agriculture Minister Alaa Farouk, Egypt's horticultural producers' union and state agencies agreed to survey farmers' seed needs and set up demonstration…
Bill No. 1341065-8 would move two requirements of the seed production law — genetic passports for varieties and mandatory spatial isolation — from 1…
The Pakistan-Korea project, run with KOPIA at the National Agricultural Research Centre in Islamabad, aims to build a local certified seed system with aeroponic…
The National Potato Council of Kenya, FIPS-Africa and regulator KEPHIS are accrediting private seed inspectors. The aim is to widen access to certified seed…
In the village of Leka near Shatura, agricultural producers summed up the harvest of the new seed potato variety “Madeleine.” According to assistant agronomist…
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Moscow Region, specialists from the branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Rosselkhoztsentr” in…
Specialists from the Astrakhan branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Center for Quality Assessment of Agro-Industrial Products” (FGBNU “TsOK APK”) carried out an…
Potato breeders continue to deliver varieties with improved disease resistance, climate resilience, storability and market quality, yet the real constraint on innovation begins after…
The European seed potato multiplication area across the six major production regions covered by ESPG data—the Netherlands, France, Germany, Scotland, Denmark, and Belgium—stands at…
Specialists from the Rosselkhoztsentr branch for the Moscow region have inspected 11 domestic seed potato varieties in greenhouses near Dmitrov, assessing whether the plants…
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Policy of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), harvesting continues at the variety testing plot in Rassoloda,…
Russia’s potato industry remains heavily dependent on foreign breeding, with domestic varieties accounting for only 8–10% of planted area. Roughly 90% of the varieties…
Kazakhstan is making a major leap forward in its agricultural sector with the launch of a large-scale enterprise dedicated to producing virus-free seed potatoes.…
The Kamchatka region in Russia’s Far East is experiencing a significant breakthrough in local seed potato production. Over the past five years, the region…
The Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Potato Growing (Samokhvalovichi) has unveiled a major leap in potato…
The United States has introduced stricter import regulations for fresh potatoes from Canada’s Prince Edward Island (PEI) following the detection of potato wart in…
According to data from the ESPG (European Seed Potato Growers’ Federation), the total area allocated for seed potato propagation across six major European production…
In the village of Leka, within the Shatura urban district, local farmers are actively preparing for the upcoming seed potato harvest. Although this year’s…
A new international initiative named GAIN-RT (Genetic Acceleration through Artificial Intelligence for Root and Tuber Crops) has been launched to fast-track innovation in potato…
In a remarkable display of cross-border agricultural cooperation, scientists from Kazakhstan, Russia, and China have come together on a single experimental potato field near…
At the International Potato Center in Peru, over 4,000 native potato varieties are preserved as a living genetic bank—some as tubers, others as fragile…
For decades, potato farmers in India’s North-Eastern Hill (NEH) region have struggled with limited access to healthy, timely seed potatoes due to geographical isolation…
The XIII International Scientific-Practical Forum “Fat-Agro” has kicked off in North Ossetia, drawing over 200 participants from across Russia and abroad. This year’s central…
In the misty highlands of Wanming Mountain, Xinqiao Village, Fengqing County, Lincang City, farmers are busy harvesting a unique miniature potato variety that thrives…
The iconic early potato variety Bonnotte, prized for its delicate nutty flavour and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status, has made its much-anticipated return to…
On the alluvial plains of the middle Brahmaputra River in Emma Township, Nangmu County, at an altitude of 3,830 metres, the Emma potato—also known…
Krasnoyarsk’s agricultural scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough, with their locally developed potato varieties now being cultivated far beyond the region’s borders. Governor Mikhail…
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