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A PAPAS field video featuring nematologist Inga Zasada and Washington potato grower Brett Reynolds draws attention to an early management decision: how to collect soil samples that answer the right question. The update complements the project’s published…
A Gates Agricultural Innovations explainer shared in the industry feed introduces the source–sink relationship behind cassava production: how leaves supply assimilates and storage roots use them. The CASS research programme is investigating that balance, offering a useful…
Solana’s recap of its November Open Days in the Netherlands points to the next opportunity for customers to discuss its potato varieties: Interpom in Belgium. The company lists its participation from 29 November, while the exhibition runs…
HZPC says its Potato Days in Joure brought growers, customers and partners together to examine more than 50 varieties. The event ran on 4–6 November 2026, with variety development and Integrated Crop Management presented as connected parts…
KALRO reports a consultative meeting with the International Livestock Research Institute to explore research cooperation around farmers’ priorities. Climate challenges, post-harvest management and value addition were among the issues highlighted in the organisation’s update.
The First Eastern Africa Indigenous Seed Conference is scheduled for 17–20 November 2026 at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi. The event brings farmer-led conservation, seed access and agricultural biodiversity into the same discussion as…
INMA says it has expanded the area under drip irrigation tenfold since 2010 and converted its entire potato crop to drip in 2024. Operations director Amr Shakir’s update puts the emphasis on filtration, distribution uniformity, scheduling and…
Mohamed Zahidi of Morocco is a member of the Potato Expert Panel by Potatoes.News. His published expert profile describes a career spanning agricultural advice, export horticulture and potato production. An agronomist trained in Toulouse, France, Zahidi advised…
Dr Laura M. Shannon of the University of Minnesota is a member of the Potato Expert Panel by Potatoes.News. Her expertise covers potato breeding, genetics and genomics, including the development of diploid potatoes. Shannon is an Associate…
Baizhan Ualkhanov, Chairman of the Union of Potato and Vegetable Growers of Kazakhstan, joins the Potato Expert Panel with expertise in agronomy, markets, seed systems and agribusiness.
The question “which nitrogen is better?” has no answer without soil conditions — and too much available N can delay tuber set and cut dry matter.
Viktor Kovalev asks whether growing more potatoes can leave growers less secure. His discussion paper, a response from Rwanda and related perspectives from India and Kenya open a professional dialogue on statistics, seed, storage, demand and investment.
