Kyrgyzstan’s farmers have dug 965,000 tonnes of potatoes so far in 2026, 317,000 tonnes more than at the same point last year, as the government weighs a six-month import ban to protect local growers.
Kyrgyzstan’s Cabinet of Ministers has imposed a temporary restriction on potato imports until 1 March 2027, the state news agency Kabar reported on 16…
Local farmers are being offered 20–22 som per kg, above the earlier announced average of 16–18 som.
Farm-gate prices of 18–20 som per kg — and as low as 12–15 som on Issyk-Kul — have prompted calls for export solutions.
A KfW-funded project says seven registered seed potato farms at over 2,400 m in Chon-Alay harvested 35–50 t/ha of European varieties. Local seed costs…
Issyk-Kul region produced 35.4% of Kyrgyzstan's potatoes in 2023. National output rose from 362,000 tonnes in 1992 to more than 1.4 million tonnes in…
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