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With its 456,000 tons of potatoes imported in the last 11 months, Uzbekistan has already set a new record of spud acquisitions and may become one of the five largest...

Because the Uzbek quarantine authorities found dangerous pests (pale and golden potato nematodes) in some tuber imports from Iran and Pakistan, they returned to origin more than 3,500 tons of...

According to EastFruit analysts, Uzbekistan may become one of the five largest potato importers in the world by the end of 2021. Following the results of 11 months, Uzbekistan has already set a new...

In 2019, PepsiCo partnered with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) initiative to empower women in agriculture and help build a...

THE incessant rains and floods in Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest potato producer, has left farmers, especially in the potato belt of Kannauj, staring at huge losses. Ironically, they are having...

wik Lok Corp, the global leader in package closures, today announced the availability of Eco-Lok, the first sustainable closure in Japan. Made of more than ten percent biomass materials and...

     "How many seed potatoes would you like to purchase? Okay, I will mark it out for you." Still a month to go before the large-scale potato planting in the...

Given that the Indian state of Kolkata has its cold storage stocked with massive quantities of potatoes due to the 2021 bumper crop, the local Government decided to offer transport...

Iran has a very conducive environment for the production of seed potatoes: Hamadan, Isfahan and Ardebil regions have fertile clay soils, good water supplies for irrigation, and the possibility to...

There is an active development of agriculture in Iran, including potatoes. This is confirmed by a visit to seed potato farmsWith the Adviser on Agriculture of the Embassy of the...

Pragati, Koraput with International Potato Center (CIP), Bhubaneswar and Government of Odisha, have initiated Potato cultivation in Koraput district of South Odisha through the Small Farmers Large Field project. CIP...

Utkal Tubers is a seed potato seed company focused on development of high yielding disease resistant varieties. The company is backed by Private Equity funds Zephyr and CapaAleph, and Ireland-based...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato crops using photographs of its leaves.

1st Inning with UPL :Changed the face of cold storage industry & post harvest management by standardisation of Potato storage at elevated temperatures ( Under Oorja - CIPC ) in...

In the past five decades, potato production in India has steadily increased from around 8.3 million tonnes in 1980 to 48.6 million tonnes in 2017, an increase of more than...

Duhok is the capital of Duhok Governorate in the Kurdish region of Iraq.

otato growers in Palampur, Nagrota Bagwan and Kangra are finding no buyers this year.

KABUL, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan harvested 855,395 metric tons of potatoes in all farms across the country in 2020, the country's Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock announced on...

TEHRAN- As announced by a director in the Iranian Agriculture Ministry, the country’s export of potato increased by 83 percent in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20),...

chemical fertilizers has increased by around 16% between 2015-16 & 2020-21.

bumper potato harvest has been falling on the growers

Water shortages threaten to devastate India’s food security, driving down winter harvests by 20% nationwide and by as much as 68% in key regions

first factory of the American potato processor was build on Chine in Shangdu

Pakistan is set to become self-sufficient in potato seed by mid-2022.

Indian growers are now opting to store the potato in cold storages in view of lower prices

potato growers are expecting to achieve a record potato production in Thakurgaon and Panchagrh

West Bengal potato growers fear they will face severe losses as the price of good quality seeds have skyrocketed

Key producing States such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat saw major crop losses due to unseasonal rains

Traders shut shops after Mathadi workers refused to carry sacks weighing over 50 kg. A dispute between Mathadi workers and traders led to the closure of APMC’s onion-potato market in...

Farmers in Panchagarh district are happy over bumper potato production this year

Analysis of EastFruit future of the potato price

start-up of supports for small potato growers in Punjab, Pakistan

Officials and experts of the Department of Agricultural Extension are expecting an all-time record production of potatoes in the Rangpur agriculture region during the current season.

Farmers of two villages of Indore, Madhya Pradesh are cultivating potatoes under Contract Farming.

Studies have shown that adopting a gender perspective while conducting agronomic research and extension work provides more efficient approaches to managing pests and diseases at the field level.

This week, key actors from Georgia’s potato sector convened virtually to discuss ideas to enhance the country’s potato sector.  Called the “Georgia Potato Forum,” the meeting focused on ways to develop value chains to improve...

At this time of the year and with the increase in cold, agricultural crops are affected by what is called root rot due to cold and dense shade, which affects the volume of...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Potato farmers and officials in the Kurdistan Region say coronavirus movement restrictions have dried up the root vegetable’s market this year. “Our main market is in Iraq's...

The Indian government has been undertaking various initiatives towards water conservation and proper utilization. From supporting famed hydraulic civilizations of India, China, Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Sri Lanka, and Pre-Columbian Mexico...

In the Indian state of Odisha, vegetable prices have exploded in the past two months. While consumers wait for inflation to ease, the price increase seems far from over. In September...

For the Chinese potato trade campaign 2020/21, which runs from September to August, available domestic harvest volumes will amount to 99 million tonnes. This value represents an increase of 3%...

JOYPURHAT: Potato farmers of the district are expecting a windfall profit this season as they plan to harvest early-winter potato from the first week of December. A good number of...

Farm 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...

Farmers in Kishoreganj upazila are now passing busy times in cultivating highly profitable early variety potatoes, which are ready for harvest 30 per cent faster than other varieties and normally...

India on Saturday threw open its domestic market for certain agricultural commodities including potatoes from Bhutan. The decision is expected to help a large number of Bhutanese traders as India...

This is the cold desert of the landlocked Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh where you won't drop the idea of trade as its disease-free potatoes are virtually selling like hotcakes...

Tissue culture technology is being widely used for large-scale plant multiplication and gives a science-based solution for plant propagation, disease elimination and plant improvement, said Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC)...

FAISALABAD-The agriculture experts advised the growers to start cultivation of autumn crop of potatoes immediately and complete it by mid of October to get bumper yield. A spokesman of the...

Two companies one story SOLANUZ and AGROVER https://youtu.be/zJvtgObaOfE AGROVER  “Agrover” LLC and group of companies, which produces mainly potato and other agricultural products, is dynamically developing, vertically and horizontally integrated...

Potato prices in West Bengal are currently ruling high at Rs 32-33 a kg as 15-20% of daily supply of the commodity is being exported to neighbouring states, traders have...