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From 1 December 2026, Viktor Kovalev will conclude his work as Development Director of the Agrotrade Group and head of Potato System magazine. After more than six years with the company, he will focus on developing his…
Potato growers in Bangladesh's Rangpur region are selling stored produce at Tk 16-17 (US$0.13-0.14) per kg, below the at-least Tk 26 (US$0.21) combined cultivation and storage cost.
Crop78, bred at New Zealand's Bioeconomy Science Institute, is licensed across four regions, with backers citing lower nitrogen needs and longer dormancy.
Potatoes.News and the International Potato Tour have opened a beta professional network for the global potato industry, internationalpotatotour.com, and are inviting growers, seed producers, processors and researchers to join during testing; a mobile app is planned for…
A two-season NEIKER screening of 336 potato genotypes found no full resistance to Fusarium dry rot, with mean lesion depth ranging from about 3 mm to over 38 mm.
The 13th World Potato Congress opened in Naivasha, Kenya, with three technologies - rooted apical cuttings, hybrid true potato seed and aeroponics - presented as routes to healthy seed for African growers.
The AfricaBlight Network, launched on 27 October in Naivasha, will start in Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Eritrea with coordinators, forecasting and farmer training.
Dr Rahul Chaturvedi, who spent nearly 18 years with PepsiCo (Frito-Lay) and leads breeding at Tuberosum Technologies Inc., joins the Potato Expert Panel by Potatoes.News.
Russia's draft 2027 budget sets aside about RUB 4 billion to reimburse farmers for seed of domestic breeding. Reports so far do not name potato, where domestic varieties hold only 8–10% of area.
Potatoes.News has introduced International Potato Tour, a new international professional community connecting potato growers, seed producers, processors, researchers, technology suppliers, and agribusiness professionals worldwide. The platform's core sections are already operational, while the expert network, international delegations,…
Dr R.K. Arora, a plant pathologist who worked for 37 years at ICAR-CPRI and has over 175 scientific publications, joins the Potato Expert Panel by Potatoes.News.
Evariste Nsabimana, a seed potato production specialist and agronomist with over 13 years of experience in Rwanda, joins the Potato Expert Panel by Potatoes.News.
