Asia

How do you get a country to change its national diet? That’s what China has been trying by introducing potato as a staple as part of an effort to improve...

A growing number of residents of Yanggang Province – North Korea’s chief potato-growing region – are roaming around cities to collect potato peels, Daily NK has learned. A source told Daily...

It's hard to fault Chinese President Xi Jinping for basing a plan to end poverty on the potato. After all, potatoes are pretty magical, able to be transformed into things as different...

Farmers in a small town perched on a northern Lebanese mountain have long refused to accept defeat even as the government abandoned them to a life off the grid. Harf...

Australia’s potato industry has welcomed to two key commitments realised under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), which are set to improve access to the Thai market, as Liam O’Callaghan reports for Fruitnet/Asiafruit...

Northern Aleppo growers benefit from provision of high-quality seed THE Syria Recovery Trust Fund (SRTF) has announced an abundant potato harvest season this year under its agriculture project: Agricultural Support...

For a limited time, the government of India offers significant financial support for investments in the cold chain - including processing, through its plan entitled: 'Scheme of Cold Chain, Value...

Researchers will be testing genetically modified potatoes in Bangladesh and Indonesia this year in hopes of providing farmers with an alternative to spraying fungicides. Multiple confined field trials of GM...

Afghanistan has stopped the export of onions to meet the demands of its internal markets, as the prices have recently surged. The Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock said that due to...

The American company Champion Foods is interested in importing vegetable products from Kazakhstan, as well as building an enterprise for processing agricultural products on the territory of the Republic of...