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India harvested 59.89 million tonnes of potatoes in 2025/26, yet growers lost money and water scarcity now hangs over planting in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Potato Expert Panel members Deepak Soni (ITC Foods) and Surya Prakash Dwivedi…
The Dutch breeder's application covers a variety with elevated kaempferol flavonoid levels while keeping a traditional appearance.
Royal HZPC Group is studying how potato varieties differ in nutrient needs, aiming to replace one-size-fits-all fertilization with variety-specific "nutritional recipes."
The average price dropped to R63.46 per 10 kg bag, with large stocks and heat-related quality issues weighing on the market.
European late blight monitoring identifies changes in the population of Phytophthora infestans. In results for 2025 released in July 2026, EuroBlight reported more than 1,700 genotyped samples from 27 European countries. EU36 represented about 31%, EU43 about…
Dr Josiah Mwangi Ateka, who has over 20 years of experience in Kenya’s agri-food systems and researches the potato value chain at JKUAT, joins the Potato Expert Panel by Potatoes.News.
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.
Ellips has installed four new AI-powered Elisam potato grading lines across North America in 2026, at farms in Alberta, Idaho and Wisconsin.
A tractor sowing seed potatoes in a spring field. Photo: Wolfgang Weiser (Pexels) Belarus increased seed potato imports from Germany by 12.3% and from the Netherlands by 2.6 times in January–July 2026, with Poland resuming small shipments…
President Sadyr Japarov has told the government to work out removing VAT on potato exports after a Talas farmer said growers shipping to Uzbekistan are taxed twice. No final decision has been reported.
Starting December 1, 2026, Viktor Kovalev steps down from Agrotrade to focus on his own international projects — Potatoes.News and the International Potato Tour.
