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As part of the International Potato Tour, we continue to meet with outstanding agricultural producers and share the stories of the people behind the industry. Our next stop is southeastern Kazakhstan, home to the "NAM" peasant farm.…
The Central Asian stage of the International Potato Tour is gaining momentum. Exploring how the global industry lives and develops, we are convinced: behind every production breakthrough are unique people. In late June, our route led us…
Peruvian nutrition scientist Dr. Gabriela Burgos has received widespread international recognition for her pioneering work in developing biofortified potato varieties. Her innovative research aims to address one of the most critical public health challenges in the Andean…
Belarusian scientists have developed the first six-row potato planter in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), designed and manufactured at the experimental plant of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in just four months. The new…
Researchers at the Institute of Agrobiotechnologies (Komi Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences) have been experimenting since 2021 with a novel method of treating seed potatoes using weak electromagnetic fields (extremely high-frequency radiation). Over five years, they…
A large-scale agricultural initiative is underway in the Raiymbek District of Almaty Region, aimed at revitalizing abandoned lands and modernizing local farming. On the Karaoy Plateau, 500 hectares of land that had not been irrigated since Soviet…
The first batch of fresh new-crop potatoes has arrived in the Kostanay Region, imported from the Turkistan Region, as reported by a Kazinform agency correspondent. Local residents had previously complained about the shortage of certain socially important…
In Qingdao, Shandong Province, the potato harvest is in full swing across 1,200 hectares of farmland in the Liuwang Township of the West Coast New Area. At the Jiaohe Potato Planting Base, agricultural machinery moves through the…
This may sound like science fiction, but it is quickly becoming a fascinating reality as agricultural research and innovation continue to unlock new possibilities for one of the world's most important food crops. As innovators, researchers, farmers,…
In Kenya, potatoes are the second most important food crop after maize, sustaining roughly 800,000 smallholder farmers and a vast value chain of transporters, seed producers, and street vendors in a sector worth approximately $400 million. At…
As the summer potato planting season reaches its peak in the Rostov Region, agronomist Vladimir Kosov from the Don Branch of the Federal Center for Agricultural Product Safety and Quality Assessment (TsOK APK) has issued comprehensive recommendations…
Scientists at the Kamchatka Research Institute of Agriculture (a branch of the Vavilov Institute) have completed the second year of field trials for 40 domestic potato varieties, and the results are remarkable. Cultivated in the region's unique…
