Africa

One of the most prominent challenges facing Africa is providing food security for its citizens. While many farmers still rely...

Potatoes are grown for their attractive market prices. However, this lucrative investment can result into frustration especially if diseases strike....

Joshua Kagera embraced potato farming with gusto four years ago. Back then he says, things were sweet. “I was able...

Lucrative as it is, potato industry is yet to achieve its full potential. At present, the average potato yield in...

In a tiny village in Nyandurua, not far from the Aberdare Forest, dozens of potato farmers shelter under a tent...

Major stakeholders in agricultural mechanisation have called for the adoption of a value chain approach to mechanisation as one of...

Farmers in Northern and Western provinces are still facing shortage of Irish Potato seeds and this worsened in the Agricultural...

Government, in conjunction with Kutsaga Research Station has embarked on a potato seed multiplication programme from mini-tuber to commercial seed...

NAIROBI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Scientists in Kenya have developed potato varieties that are resistant to cyst nematodes in what...

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Demand for potatoes in eastern Africa has been growing steadily , achieving an annual growth of...

Since 2000/01 potatoes accounted for approximately 45% of total vegetable crops produced in South Africa and contribute around R8.5 billion...

Scientists at CGIAR-IITA, working with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) under the joint Nematology Unit, NemAfrica, housed at icipe’s campus...

It has been a torrid year for the South African potato industry on the fresh produce markets with the sudden...

Potato production is expanding across parts of Africa and Asia. 368 million tons of potatoes were harvested globally in 2019,...