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Surya Prakash, Deepak Soni and Prof. Miriam G. Kinyua discuss regional potato price differences, processing quality and seed-system challenges. Their October observations and conditional outlook for 2027 are presented as expert assessments.
Survir Agritech CEO S K Gautam joins the Potato Expert Panel, adding an Indian seed-potato industry perspective.
Baljeet Singh of Tuberosum Technologies in Canada joins the panel with expertise in potato breeding and crop improvement.
NARC scientist Dr Binod Prasad Luitel brings expertise in potato breeding, tissue culture, seed production and germplasm characterisation.
Willem Dolleman Jr. of Matalai Agrifirm LTD joins the panel with experience in farm development and the East African potato sector.
Dr Bhimi Ram brings experience in tissue culture, aeroponic G0 minituber production and greenhouse operations to the Potato Expert Panel.
Ryazan growers have lifted about 125,000 tonnes of potatoes, less than in 2025, with small growers out-producing the farm enterprises. Shoppers pay RUB 50–70 per kg at city fairs and up to RUB 80 in shops.
Russian scientists have begun building a breeding and micropropagation centre in Krasnoobsk, Novosibirsk Oblast. It is due in early 2029 and is meant to scale up minituber production for seed potatoes.
Potato tubers remove about 5.8 kg K₂O per tonne, according to the PDA — but multiplying yield by that figure gives offtake, not a fertilizer rate.
Moderately acidic soil helps suppress common scab, but there is no single pH target for every farm — it is a trade-off between disease and nutrient availability.
CIP has deposited 1,027 new seed samples — wild relatives of potato and sweetpotato plus maca and ahipa — in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, raising the Arctic-backed share of its collection to 91%.
Hans Huistra, CEO of Royal HZPC Group, told Potatoes.News that the company's first hybrid varieties are being registered, and outlined its table and processing portfolio, including the "Golden Quartet" for french fries.
