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Montenegro harvested 32,588 tonnes of potatoes on 1,914 hectares in 2025. Output has stayed between about 31,700 and 36,100 tonnes a year since 2015, Monstat data show.
Rosstat reports total sown area down 2.8% to 77.3 million hectares in 2026, with open-ground vegetables shrinking to 437,000 ha; analysts doubt growers will expand plantings in 2027.
Ecuador harvested 221,187 tonnes of potatoes in 2024, down from 262,038 tonnes, as the harvested area fell to 13,689 hectares, national statistics office INEC reports.
The Talachyn Canning Plant in Belarus's Vitebsk Region is constructing the country's largest potato storage facility, with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes. The project marks the first national deployment of ethylene-based gas storage technology, using a natural…
New insurance products for potatoes and onions anchor a subsidy overhaul, as Tashkent pushes to cover domestic potato demand from local production by 2027.
Tunisia grows potatoes on about 25,000 hectares and imports 80–90% of its seed, the farmers' union UTAP says. It wants a national plan for local seed production.
The 1.5-billion-ruble Vygonichi facility, designed for 56,000 tonnes a year, frames this season's regional harvest.
Local farmers are being offered 20–22 som per kg, above the earlier announced average of 16–18 som.
Farm-gate prices of 18–20 som per kg — and as low as 12–15 som on Issyk-Kul — have prompted calls for export solutions.
National statistics recorded the decline in the week to 9 September as new-crop supply built up.
Field prices run at 80–110 tenge per kg against a national retail average of 217 tenge, raising farm-margin concerns.
Seasonal price decline has ended, analysts say; imports reached 420,000 tonnes in the first half of 2026.
