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Pragati, Koraput with International Potato Center (CIP), Bhubaneswar and Government of Odisha, have initiated Potato cultivation in Koraput district of South Odisha through the Small Farmers Large Field project. CIP has been ...

75% of the potato crop is grown for industrial processing and the Danes produce per capita more starch than any other nation.OCCURRENCE OF STARCHStarch constitutes the nutritive reserves of many plants. During ...

The hot, dry, and smoky growing season has left some Idaho potato farmers bracing for a poor crop. Randy Hardy of Oakley told the Idaho State Journal that his harvest will likely ...

The toll that hot dry weather took on the Red River Valley 2021 potato crop won’t be visible until harvest begins in a few weeks, but it’s already clear it has affected ...

With drought a persistent problem in the Southwest, Hopi/Tewa seed keeper Valerie Nuvayestewa has eagerly joined the effort to bring back an Indigenous superfood that her ancestors cultivated for 11000 years. The ...

As water scarcity increases, scientists around the world are looking at growers’ options for irrigation methods. Here are three studies with some interesting results. How Negative Pressure Irrigation in Field Production Reduces ...

CropX and PepsiCo México expanded their collaboration to help PepsiCo’s Mexican potato farmers reduce water and fertilizer consumption, improve soil health, lower greenhouse emissions and improve crop yields. “By collaborating with CropX, PepsiCo ...

Thanks to a team from the faculty of bio-engineering sciences at Ghent University that has developed a vaccine, potato blight could be prevented. The vaccine works like any other, according to Brussels ...

History: The CIS region has for a long time now been in the focus of G. Larsson (Larsson Sweden) attention. Jörgen Larsson, the company’s CEO and owner, had toured the countries as ...

The requirements being made on the productivity, comfort and safety of mobile machines in the off-highway sector are constantly increasing. Assistance systems and partially automated solutions are making it easier for the ...

Potato viral diseases can be difficult to identify from leaf symptoms alone. The symptoms can vary depending on the virus strain (or strains), cultivar, age of the plant when it was infected, ...

Prince Edward Island (PEI) and New Brunswick Canadian provinces are announcing excellent potato crops developments. According to the latest United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC) report, growing conditions across the country seem ...

Both chemical fertilizers and cover crops can help build the nitrogen content in soil. But cover crops come with many other benefits, like improving soil structure and boosting beneficial microbes. Researchers at Cornell University ...

As far as growing seasons go, the P.E.I. Potato Board says this summer is one of the best they’ve seen in years. The CBC’s Cody MacKay reports that it’s largely the result of prime ...

Potatoes are the most important vegetable grown in Israel and are an important crop in the Negev desert region in the southern part of Israel. Being a desert region rainfall is between ...

With the rise of precision agriculture solutions, the farming industry has become increasingly tech savvy. Many growers and producers have embraced GPS-enabled tractors, variable-rate fertilizer applications, and smart platforms that monitor everything ...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato crops using photographs of its leaves. The research led by Dr. Srikant ...

Andrei Sinitsyn started the potato business back in the 1990s:

New research on Prince Edward Island is using mustard and arugula to tackle pest problems in potato fields with a side benefit, farmers hope, of making the soil healthier at the same time. And ...

Giving exactly the input your crop needs is the key to the best harvest.

In a fertigation trial in potatoes, Aeres University of Applied Sciences compares schemes with four nitrogen levels and two different phosphate levels. The moisture supply is based on soil moisture sensors. The trial is ...

Potato Europe 2021 is cancelled. The potato event was to be held on 1 and 2 September at the location of Wageningen University & Research Open Cultivation in Lelystad.

Potato growers on P.E.I. are turning to technology to help them track spores from late blight and other airborne diseases that could damage their crops.  One of the companies doing the monitoring ...

Visitors to this year’s Driffield Show will be the first to see the latest enhancements to a revolutionary system that counts and sizes potatoes at the point of harvest or while grading ...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato crops using photographs of its leaves.