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An influx of European potato fries into New Zealand has already impacted on domestic growers, with less product planned for growing and staff job losses. Hewson Farms, in Mid Canterbury, grows on ...

As part of measures to address the inadvertent spread of pests with germplasm distribution, Germplasm Health Units (GHU) in CGIAR are organizing a week-long awareness program on “phytosanitary safety for pest prevention” on ...

It is not for nothing that Germans are also called potatoes in slang. The hunger for the tasty tuber is great in this country. But it is becoming increasingly difficult for potato farmers to ...

Some countries use extremely large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer, but still only get a little more yield out of it. This is what researchers with the participation of ETH Zurich report in the ...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online, others have decided to ...

Every farmer wants to see their crops grow healthily, develop fully, and yield properly in both quantity and quality. To achieve all this, crop plants must have enough of every essential nutrient ...

Five years ago, when United Nations member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the resolution made it clear that tackling the current global challenges would require collaborative partnerships. The 17 Sustainable ...

Quality and traceability, two important requirements of potato fresh packing, are threatened by market disruptions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns have increased home-cooking and the popularity of fresh potatoes, packers may ...

The New Zealand potato industry are relieved that the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) trade remedies team has now launched an investigation into the proven threat of surplus frozen fries ...

Joshua Kagera embraced potato farming with gusto four years ago. Back then he says, things were sweet. “I was able to live comfortably from growing the crop. I had a steady market ...

Lucrative as it is, potato industry is yet to achieve its full potential. At present, the average potato yield in Kenya is only three to six tonnes per acre. Contributing factors for ...

With fresh vegetable sales boosted by people cooking more at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, many potato fresh packers are stretched to capacity. Some are even turning away work because they are ...

This article was produced in partnership with CGIAR’s Platform for Big Data in Agriculture. Catch up with all the sessions from the Platform’s 2020 Convention here. Despite the utopian promise of “human fuel” ...

Soil alarmists such as Barbara Baarsma, professor of economics and director of Rabobank Amsterdam, argue that dutch soil is doing badly. The Environment Council also takes this view. Anyone who digs a ...

One of the unforeseen consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is the large increase in demand for fresh fruit and vegetables. This means that some potato fresh packers are now busier than ever, ...

The Belgian FAM makes cutting machines for all the major fruit, fish, vegetable, potato, cheese and meat-related companies in the world. Nine-two percent is exports. 'Our machines are copied to the sea ...

In a tiny village in Nyandurua, not far from the Aberdare Forest, dozens of potato farmers shelter under a tent to avoid the biting cold descending from the hills as they follow ...

Between August 2019 and April 2020 Solidaridad Mozambique and Solynta executed the first hybrid TPS field trial ever in Mozambique: growing potatoes from true seeds rather than traditional seed potatoes. The seedlings ...

Ireland’s IPM Potato Group markets and distributes seed potatoes in every continent except Antarctica. The Irish potato variety accounts for a “significant proportion” of hectares under seed in countries like Egypt, Iraq, ...

The 2019/2020 financial year has been eventful in many respects for us. Despite the consequences of COVID-19, we had an operationally successful season. The coming season, however, may well be more of ...

‘Market Growth Insight’ has presented an updated research report on the ‘Global Seed Potatoes market’ which offers insights on key aspects and overview of the fundamental verticals of the market. The Seed ...

WORLD POTATO CONGRESS INC. WEBINAR NOVEMBER 12, 2020 AT 09:00 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME PRESENTING: “ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND: DISEASES THREATENING SUSTAINABLE POTATO PRODUCTION” WITH PROFESSOR JACQUIE VAN DER WAALS The World ...

The Dutch potato processors processed 278,700 tonnes of potatoes in August to 119,200 tonnes of pre-baked product and 24,800 tonnes of other products. In line from April that's another slight plus. Potato ...

Government, in conjunction with Kutsaga Research Station has embarked on a potato seed multiplication programme from mini-tuber to commercial seed potato. This programme will decapitate a critical shortage of the seed potato ...

NAIROBI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Scientists in Kenya have developed potato varieties that are resistant to cyst nematodes in what promises to change fortunes of the crop in the country and across ...