Peru guards more than 3,000 native potato varieties in the crop's center of origin — a genetic treasury for mountain food security and premium gastronomy.
Wholesale yellow potato prices in Lima have risen about 30% this month, with retail prices reaching S/5 per kilogram, as traders point to El…
The spread of the potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli) is threatening some 125,000 hectares of potato cultivation in Peru, according to the International Potato Center…
By Viktor Kovalev, POTATOES NEWS
The average wholesale price of Canchán potatoes in Lima fell from S/2.54 per kg on 25 September to S/2.33 on 30 September, MIDAGRI data…
Peru's July potato production fell 19.6% as Arequipa's crop collapsed, but Lima's main wholesale market received almost the same volume as a year earlier.
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