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A powerful hailstorm has caused significant damage to potato crops in Yunguyo Province, located in the Puno region of southern Peru. According to Mary Carmen Mamani Ruelas, the subprefect of Yunguyo, the extreme weather event occurred in…
A new episode of POTATO 2.0 is now live, featuring an exclusive story about Lamb Weston’s 75th anniversary and the company’s strategic move into Singapore’s retail market. In this episode, Regional Director Jeevan Dass explains why Singapore…
The persistent challenge of suboptimal potato yields often leads growers to seek solutions in new varieties or advanced technologies. However, a method refined by Latvian farmers emphasizes that the greatest gains can come from meticulously optimizing fundamental…
Across Kenya’s potato-growing highlands, small-scale farmers are navigating shrinking land sizes, unpredictable rainfall, rising pest pressure and escalating input costs. For farmers producing potatoes on small plots, the challenge is no longer just about yield it is…
The global potato industry is changing faster than ever — and it needs a clear, professional voice.That’s why we’re launching POTATO 2.0, a new industry podcast created on the foundation of the International Potato Tour and the…
The Primorsky Krai in Russia's Far East has successfully harvested and placed into winter storage a significant reserve of potatoes and vegetables, totalling over 90,000 tonnes. According to regional data, the organized agricultural sector contributed 54,800 tonnes…
In the heart of Bangladesh's potato belt, the district of Bogura presents a powerful case study in agricultural resilience and risk. Defying the low prices of the previous season, local farmers have significantly expanded cultivation by approximately…
While agronomists perfect cultivation techniques and scientists develop resilient varieties, a quiet revolution in potato marketing has emerged not from corporate boardrooms, but from roadside trailers in the UK. Figures like Ben Newman ("Spudman") and the "Spud…
Punjab Province | January 24–28 Founder of the International Potato Tour, Viktor Kovalev, continues to expand the geography of the project and will travel to Pakistan, to the country’s key agricultural region — Punjab Province — from…
Viktor Kovalev, founder of the International Potato Tour (IPT), invites professionals from across the potato value chain to come together at the most important potato-focused event in Eastern Europe — AGRAVIA. Today, the potato industry is facing…
In a significant agricultural achievement, the Rangpur region of Bangladesh has exceeded its potato cultivation target by 1% for the current Rabi season, with sowing set to continue into January. According to Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)…
For generations, potato farmers in the Indo-Gangetic plains have faced an agonizing, annual cycle of boom and bust. Lush fields promising a bumper yield can be reduced to blackened, rotten wastelands in a matter of days by…
