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At the far southern tip of Chile, potato self-sufficiency is being built one certified tuber at a time. More than 100 tonnes of certified seed potatoes have been produced in the Magallanes region — a volume described…
Young potatoes at Kyiv’s Stolichny market tripled in price within six days, climbing from UAH 20 to UAH 60 per kilogram — a thin-market premium that stands in sharp contrast to a flat 2% national price rise.
Europe's potato sector warns that a shrinking crop-protection toolbox, climate change and rising costs are threatening competitiveness, with 86 active substances withdrawn and only one registered in seven years.
SIAL Paris 2026 opens October 17 with about 8,000 exhibitors, and Swiss brand Nükt's oil-free, water-fried potato chips have already won a SIAL Innovation award.
Egypt aims to ship more than 10 million tonnes of fresh agricultural produce by the end of 2026, up from roughly 4 million tonnes in 2014, with potatoes the country’s second-largest fresh export item at about 1…
India's frozen and prepared potato exports reached $279 million in 2025, up 37.4% year on year, and a forecast 25.4% drop in north-western European output could open further demand.
Punjab's seed potato calendar — planting in early October, haulm cutting by late December — keeps aphid-borne viruses out of India's largest certified seed program.
Minsk region leads with 176,000 tonnes; winter sowing for the 2027 crop has been fully completed.
Growers from the Tandil Potato Growers' Centre describe how El Niño rains, late frosts and high costs are shaping planting and prices in one of Argentina's key potato regions.
The FDA has classified a recall of nearly 10,000 bags of J. HIGGS Loaded Bacon & Cheddar Potato Chips as Class II after undeclared soy was found in the product.
The Latin American Potato Association will hold its 31st congress, marking 50 years since its founding, in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 19 to 23 April 2027.
Shangi's short cycle has made it Kenya's most popular variety, but certified seed covers only about 4–5% of demand and a blight-resistant version is still in trials.
