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North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) analysts recently announced their first estimates for the EU-04 zone potato area in 2022, talking about a 10,100 ha increase in the four countries (Belgium, The Netherlands, ...

The price paid to HZPC Holland’s seed potato growers for the 2021 harvest is EUR 33,70 (about USD 35) per 100 kg. This is slightly above the forecast price of EUR 33,10 ...

Mid-May, many growers were hoping for an end of season with prices around EUR 30/100 kg (about USD 31.6/100 kg), but rain brought a stop to their hopes… For the last 4 ...

Over 180 exhibitors signed up – broad technical program: from intercropping, autonomous machines to direct farm sales – machinery demonstrations – September 7 and 8, 2022 in Springe- Mittelrode near Hanover, Germany ...

Romania's largest fertilizer plant Azomureş, located on the border of the Tirgu Mures region, has again suspended its work due to high energy prices. According to the company's announcement on Wednesday, June ...

June marks the end of the Europatat Presidency for Mr Gilles Fontaine, who joined the Europatat Board in 2014 as Treasurer and became President in 2018. Throughout these years, Mr Fontaine played ...

The ongoing post-Brexit ban on selling seed potatoes to the valuable European market continues to anger and frustrate Scottish growers according to NFU Scotland. As William Kellett reports for Agiland, the union is calling for ...

With more than EUR20,000 investment, Porbatata – Associaço da Batata de Portugal intends to increase tuber production by 20% in the next two years thanks to a promotion campaign. “Porbatata launches a ...

Brexit could lead to a significant shortage of potatoes for Irish consumers by 2023, experts have warned. It makes sense for potato growers to contact seed producers now to organise fresh seed ...

On 30 May 2022, the Europatat membership gathered in Dublin approved a new vision and mission for Europatat, as well as the key fields of action and priorities for the next three ...

The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 157.4 points in May 2022, down 0.9 points (0.6 percent) from April, marking the second consecutive monthly decline, though still 29.2 points (22.8 percent) above its value ...

The global agri-food system has been struggling with a series of disruptions caused by various events, including drastic climate variabilities, the global pandemic of Covid-19 outburst, and the recent among them is ...

June has marked the end of Europatat’s Presidency for Mr Gilles Fontaine, who joined Europatat’s Board in 2014 as Treasurer and became President in 2018. Through these years, he has played an ...

The French fresh potato market is currently moving at a moderate pace, both in wholesale and in large distribution. The product offering has been expanded, both in terms of the number of references ...

June has marked the end of Europatat’s Presidency for Mr Gilles Fontaine, who joined Europatat’s Board in 2014 as Treasurer and became President in 2018 Through these years, he has played an ...

The Director of the International Trade Center (ITC), Mr. Eric Bochot, Representatives of the International Trade Center, accompanied by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAIM) and NRC visits the Beirut-Erbil ...

The Association da Batata de Portugal wants to increase the production of this tuber by 20% in the next two years, through a promotion campaign, which has an investment of more than ...

On the last day of the 11th World Potato Congress (WPC) in Dublin, Ireland, WPC President Romain Cools, called in the WPC Declaration of Dublin upon the global potato value chain to invest in ‘potato solutions’ to advance ...

Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, following a meeting of cabinet, announced his intention to launch EUR 3 million (about USD 3,2) scheme of investment aid for the ...

Lately, the European potato seeds companies are making significant efforts to mitigate climate change by developing new varieties more capable to tolerate drought, heat, cold, salt, and other abiotic stresses. Experts say ...

HZPC analysts expect the volume of seed potatoes traded by their company and its licensees to reach a tonnage just above 900,000 tons, about the same as the tonnage in 2020-2021when the ...

Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, has celebrated today in Dublin (Ireland) its first physical GeneralAssembly meeting since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Europatat’s members have elected a new Board tolead ...

How do different potatoes respond to heat, drought, and waterlogging stresses? EU-backed scientists are investigating the changes that make potatoes resilient or susceptible. Whether we prefer them steamed, boiled, fried, roasted or ...

Scientists of the Crimean Federal University will start sowing crops from the so-called "borscht set", including several varieties of peppers, tomatoes, as well as eggplants and spices. Almost all of their seeds ...

Despite a lack of an efficient seed supply system, new varieties of seeds, and technical capacity of farmers as well as inadequate resources for seed systems, Pakistan has harvested a record potato ...