The Price of Plenty: How Bangladesh’s Potato Boom Turned to Bust for Farmers
Bangladesh's potato farmers are navigating a painful economic paradox. After a record harvest of 115 lakh (11.5 million) tonnes in ...
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The German Potato Paradox: Record Harvests, Producer Crisis, and Stubborn Retail Prices
The German potato market is currently presenting a textbook case of agricultural economic paradox. Despite a reported 7% expansion in ...
Bumper Harvest, Falling Prices: How Farmers Can Navigate the Potato and Beet Market Crisis
Firdus Salavatullin, a farmer from Buinsky District, had high hopes for this year’s early potato and beet crops. His fields ...
Potato Theft in North Korea: A Desperate Struggle for Survival Amid Food Shortages
In North Korea’s inland regions, such as South Pyongan and Hwanghae provinces, farmers typically plant potatoes in mid-March and harvest ...
Early Potato Market Crisis: Oversupply, Heatwaves, and Shifting Demand Challenge Farmers
The early potato season began as usual, with the first loose-skinned potatoes from Southern Baden reaching wholesale markets on May ...
Stolbur Disease Outbreak in Germany: A Growing Threat to Potato and Sugar Beet Farmers
German farmers are raising alarms over devastating harvest losses caused by stolbur disease, a phytoplasma infection transmitted by the reed planthopper (Pentastiridius ...
The Looming Crisis of Water Scarcity: Farmers in Turkestan Region Face Devastating Crop Losses
Farmers in the Sairam district are grappling with a devastating shortage of irrigation water, resulting in massive crop losses. The ...
Sweden’s Potato Crisis: Drought Threatens Local Potato Supply for 2023
Sweden’s potato farmers are facing a bleak outlook for the 2023 harvest, as the country grapples with an ongoing drought ...
Crisis in Cultivation: Contaminated Seed Potatoes Plague Northern Farmers”
#Agriculture #SmallholderFarmers #SeedPotatoContamination #ASMP #ImportIrregularities #EnvironmentalImpact #AgriculturalCrisis In a devastating blow to Northern farmers heavily reliant on short-term crops like ...
The Potato Beetle Panic: Canaries Face Potato Shortages Amidst Pest Outbreak
The Canary Islands, known for their beautiful landscapes and vibrant culture, are currently facing an unexpected crisis. Fear has gripped ...
Exploring the Potato Predicament in Trinidad and Tobago: The Urgency for Local Cultivation
Potato prices have skyrocketed to unprecedented levels over the past two months, leaving consumers and vendors grappling with the economic ...
“Urgent Need for Crispr-Cas Technology to Combat Phytophthora in the European Union”
The agricultural landscape in the European Union faces a growing crisis as the destructive phytophthora disease wreaks havoc on potato ...
