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Potato cultivation in Angola has a long and complex history that has evolved alongside the country's agricultural and political landscape. The potato is an important food crop in Angola and contributes significantly ...

Ananta Kulesika, a resident of Kusumguda in the Rayagada district of Odisha, India, is a farmer who has taken potato farming to new heights with his innovative irrigation methods. Known as the ...

On the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the Stavropol Territory, software was tested, which will form the basis of the project to create a Russian agricultural drone. The project is being ...

Potato farmers in the northern parts of the country have suffered heavy crop losses due to ground frost owing to the fall in temperatures in the last week, as Shagun reports for DownToEarth. While potato ...

Agriculture is considered a major disturbance for ecological systems—the recovery of degraded or formally used agricultural land might take a long time. However, without any active restoration interventions, this recovery can take ...

In Novosibirsk, a seminar was held on the topic "Application of ultra-low-volume spraying from UAVs (agrodrones): advantages and prospects." Among the speakers was the deputy head of the Novosibirsk branch Volokitin V.V. ...

The PEI potato industry welcomed the final report of an International Advisory Panel (IAP) on Potato Wart that was presented to industry and government on January 16, 2023. The panel was convened by ...

The 2023 Ontario Potato Conference will be hosted on Thursday, March 2 by the Ontario Potato Board in the Delta Hotel & Conference Center, Guelph. The topics to be addressed by speakers were selected ...

Currently, chip potatoes are grown by twelve partners of SIA "Orkla Latvija", including three Lithuanian and three Estonian owners. Latvia's largest potato grower ZS "Briezkalni" in Ligatne is also specialized in the ...

Statistics say that potato growing areas in the country have decreased in the last ten years from 51 000 ha in 2000. up to 16,000 ha in 2021. annum. But exactly 2022. ...

In India, introduced a new agricultural drone based on a gasoline engine. This was reported on the website ixbt.com. Starting in 2022, Indian farmers have been allowed to receive loans to purchase ...

Farmers in India have been allowed to receive loans to buy drones that can be used to spray fertilizer on agricultural fields. The Anna University-backed drone startup has developed the DH-AG-HI agricultural ...

The Canadian government approves the use of the fungicide Minuet on potatoes. Crops are shielded by Minuet from diseases including rhizoctonia root rot, black scurf, and stem canker. FRAC Group BM02 Bacillus ...

Future field tests at the University of Idaho’s (U of I) Aberdeen Research and Extension Center could enable Eastern Idaho farmers who grow quinoa, a grain that fits well into potato crop ...

Unmanned aerial vehicles, robotics and drones are today the leading developments in the scientific and technical sphere of the country. In St. Petersburg, more than 5 enterprises are engaged in the development, ...

Researchers from St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" have trained drones to independently navigate in space using computer vision. This was reported on the website of the educational institution. Today, unmanned aerial vehicles ...

Potato plants may be injured when exposed to high concentrations of various air pollutants. Injury can range from leaf damage to death of the plant. Severity of theinjury depends on environmental conditions, ...

Russian agriculture is currently going through an active stage of digital transformation. This was reported by the press service of Skymec and the portal sfera.fm. It should be noted that the increased ...

Last year was a challenge for farmers, but despite the situation at the beginning of the year with the supply of equipment and spare parts, or difficult weather conditions, agricultural producers of ...

Leafhoppers acquire the witches’ broom phytoplasma from infected legume hosts. Later, they migrate to potato fields and transmit the pathogen. Usually, infectionsoccur too late in the season for symptoms to develop.Symptoms are ...

On January 9, at a videoconference with the heads of state authorities of the region and territorial federal authorities, which was chaired by Governor Vladislav Shapsha and Chief Federal Inspector for the ...

17 - 19 April 2023, in person, in Lisbon, Portugal!We invite you to enrol onto our next intensive savoury snacks production course, covering the production process from raw materials to formed products, ...

As the global population burgeons past 8 billion and climate change makes it harder to grow food, scientists in South America are tapping the power of wild potatoes to breed disease-resistant and ...

Scientists at the University of Maine are evaluating if lobster shells can cultivate beneficial microbial communities that ward off soilborne potato pathogens. The novel shell-to-spud combination may connect two cornerstones of Maine’s ...

Black Gold Farms is one of the U.S.’s large geographically diverse potato producers. They grow chipping potatoes and sweet potatoes on hundreds of fields in 8 states, with more than 600 employees ...