A CIP-organized field exchange at northern Vietnam’s Nam Cuong cooperative has highlighted how potato cropping fits into rice-based rotations — with mechanized straw composting, seed supply and cooperative economics as the decisive links. A field exchange in northern…
CGIAR, IRRI and CIP show how composted rice straw supports potato rotations in Vietnam's Red River Delta.
Kenya is stepping up efforts to protect its multi-billion-shilling potato industry following the detection of new and aggressive bacterial diseases that threaten yields and…
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The Agriculture Minister of Bangladesh is encouraging farmers to increase the cultivation of high-yielding varieties of potatoes to enhance production. The minister highlighted that…
Some of the species cover crops we select, their exudates actually suppress some of the pathogens for our potatoes,” said Perry, pointing to potato…
Cover crops perform a range of functions. From protecting vulnerable soils to promoting soil biology to providing much-needed food for birds and bees, these…
The extension of the 2 out of 10 potato exemption allows potatoes to be grown on the same plot for two consecutive years under…
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Statistics Canada has estimated Canadian Potato Production in 2022 to be 122,970,000 hundred weight, up 0.8% over 2021. Despite a very cold and wet…
Heavy storms (25 to 60mm) have caused some hope in France, Germany, Belgium, and up through Eastern/Central Holland, but agronomists are now waiting to…
A team of researchers in Manitoba have found success using mustard biofumigation to rid fields of Verticillium wilt. Editor’s note: This interview has been…
Diversity not always key when it comes to cover crops When it comes to cover crops, the claims of what they can do for…
Phosphorus fertilizer could become scarce in the future. The fossil reserves are exhausted. Russia as an important supplier is absent. In this way, the existing phosphorus in…
In addition to good growing practices, take down nematodes and disease with better tools in the toolbox. When it comes to disease and nematode…
Danny Murphy once paid $10 for a bag of soybean seed, 18 to 30 cents per gallon for diesel, $200 per ton of urea,…
With the high price and low availability of glyphosate this season, you might benefit from some fresh perspective on how to make the most…
According to current regulations, the cultivation of potatoes is possible according to a crop rotation of at least 1:3. In a number of cases, an…
Planting a potato cyst nematode (PCN) trap crop can naturally reduce nematode numbers by up to 75%. One group of potato farmers have trialled…
“Blue LED light is going to be a normal tool for weed management and it’s going to happen much faster than farmers realize.” Let…
Partnerships to Strengthening the Potato Value Chain At the African Potato Association conference in Addis Ababa in 2016, workshops were held to discuss how…
Two advisors and a researcher recently discussed the most important issues about green manures in an online meeting during the Bioknowledge Week. When is the…
Herbicides are an important weed management tool for agriculture. The use of herbicides in multiple crops makes it necessary to track what has been…
Evaluate cropping choices on physical, natural and human factors Let’s see how two real farmers applied sustainable triangle principles to decisions about no-till and…
They reduce sheet and rill soil erosion, decrease ephemeral gully erosion, manage water flow, stabilize steep slopes, and trap sediment.
In pivot or subsurface irrigated systems, we have noted a 9% to 12% increase in net returns over a six-year average for a wheat…
Nitrogen is dizzyingly expensive. Anyone who neglects the basic nutrients now also slows down nitrogen uptake. Extremely high fertilizer prices , especially for nitrogen – who doesn’t…
An effective weed management program takes into account the type of weeds present, crop rotation, cultivation, available herbicides, and the competitive ability of the…
Growing potatoes with excellent taste characteristics was the starting point for Jeroen Klompe’s eight-year journey to improve his soil, and his management of it…
As progeny he usually opts for a winter grain after a nitrate-sensitive main crop such as potatoes.
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