Tag: climate resilience

The 2025 growing season served as a brutal, real-time stress test for the global potato industry, demonstrating that climate volatility ...

The expansion of protected winter potato cultivation represents a significant opportunity for farm income diversification, leveraging the crop's preference for ...

In the Samrye region of South Korea, watermelon farmers grappled with a common post-harvest dilemma: selecting a second crop that ...

A groundbreaking research initiative in Arkansas is taking direct aim at a critical frontier for controlled-environment agriculture (CEA): moving beyond ...

For over a century, potato breeding has been constrained by the crop's biological blueprint: complex tetraploid genetics and the cumbersome ...

Vietnam's Central Highlands (Tay Nguyen), the nation's second-largest potato-producing region, presents a paradox of potential and underperformance. With a cool, ...

On December 9, 2025, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Kohima executed a model intervention, distributing 5,000 kilograms of certified potato seeds of the ...

Recent data from Komistat, the statistical office of Russia's Komi Republic, paints a concerning picture for open-field crop production in ...

Recent field trials conducted by researchers at the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC ...

The European market for organic potatoes is robust and expanding, projected to grow from €14.77 billion in 2025 to €23.23 ...

At 10,000 feet in the Ecuadorian Andes, a women-led farming collective is confronting climate change and agricultural homogenization by reviving ...

The agricultural landscape is increasingly defined by volatility, particularly from abiotic stresses like hail and extreme heat. In Canada's "hail ...

At the long-running Reutlingen potato market in Germany, farmer Mathias Rudolf offers a glimpse into a enduring agricultural tradition: the ...

The retirement of Dr. S.K. Luthra after 36 years of service is not merely a personnel change; it is a ...

The 2025 growing season in the Netherlands has been defined by a dramatic north-south precipitation gradient, offering a clear illustration ...

In an era of volatile input costs and increasing climate pressures, the quest for the perfect potato variety has never ...

The 2025 growing season has been a testament to climatic extremes, with many regions across the country facing either debilitating ...

The European potato industry is undergoing a significant contraction. As Ben Bredek of 3PointPotatoes starkly observes, the entire chain is ...

In a testament to strategic farm management, potato growers in Central Estonia have achieved a medium-yield harvest this season, overcoming ...

A combination of expanded acreage and ideal growing conditions is set to deliver Germany its most significant potato harvest since ...

For decades, the quest for higher potato yields has focused on what we can see: plant height, tuber count, and ...

A landmark German research initiative is undertaking the most comprehensive genetic analysis of potato cultivars ever attempted, aiming to unlock ...

A major international research collaboration has identified 29 key genes responsible for potato's response to environmental stress, paving the way ...

Agricultural communities in Russia's Biysk region are facing a perfect storm of challenges as persistent rainfall and unseasonably cool temperatures ...

In the highlands of Gangwon Province, South Korea, a quiet revolution is underway to future-proof one of the world’s most ...

Maine's potato industry, a cornerstone of the state's agricultural economy, is facing one of its most significant challenges in recent ...

In a significant step for regional potato cultivation, Seosan City, Chungcheongnam-do, has announced the production of over 30 metric tons ...

A recent government initiative in South Sulawesi distributes 350,000 potato seeds to local farmers, aiming to boost productivity and food ...

The UK's agricultural sector is facing a crisis as persistent dry weather threatens the 2025 harvest of carrots, potatoes, and ...

Farmers in Plateau State’s Mangu and Bokkos LGAs are experiencing one of their most successful Irish potato harvests in years, ...

UK potato farmers are navigating a difficult season marked by falling prices and uneven crop performance due to contrasting weather conditions across the country. Ex-farm ...

Farmers in Puncak Brakseng, Batu, East Java, have been successfully cultivating Granola potatoes, a popular variety known for its adaptability ...

During a visit to the Agro-Lyaskovichi dairy farm in Petrikov District, President Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized the need to expand irrigation infrastructure, particularly near the Pripyat River. ...

Seosan City, a key potato-producing region in South Korea, has taken a major step toward securing the future of its ...

At the All-Russian Field Day-2025 in Volgograd, Artem Ivanov, the Minister of Agriculture of the Kaliningrad region, announced the region’s agricultural projections ...

Farmers in Tatarstan are facing significant challenges due to unusually high rainfall in the early summer of 2025. Mintalip Minekhanov, ...

The early potato season began as usual, with the first loose-skinned potatoes from Southern Baden reaching wholesale markets on May ...

Farmers in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia’s Middle Urals are gearing up for an early potato harvest in July, thanks ...

The Dirección Regional de Agricultura (DRA) de Huánuco is making significant strides in enhancing agricultural productivity in Pachitea through its Coffee and Native ...

Researchers at the James Hutton Institute in Scotland, led by Dr. Rob Hancock, Deputy Director of the Centre for Advanced ...

Potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) is notorious for causing the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s, yet it continues to ...

May 30 marks International Potato Day, a global recognition of the potato’s role in food security and nutrition. Peru, the birthplace ...

Sergey Chechulin, head of the peasant farm "Kalina" in Kaliningrad’s Chernyakhovsky district, has raised concerns over a sharp decline in ...

Conventional potato farming has taken a heavy toll on global soils. Decades of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and intensive tillage have ...

The leaked draft of the European Commission’s Water Resilience Strategy has drawn mixed reactions. While it emphasizes nature-based solutions, it largely overlooks organic farming—one ...

In a significant step toward seed renewal and agricultural resilience, 25,000 kg of second-generation Picasso seed potatoes have been distributed to farmers ...

Potatoes are a global staple, ranking as the third most important food crop after rice and wheat. According to the Food ...

The European Commission (EC) reports that potato planting in the North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) region—including Germany, the Netherlands, France, ...

Royal HZPC Group, a leading Dutch potato breeder and seed potato trader, is set to announce a record-breaking financial performance ...

Recent data reveals a startling surge in Kyrgyzstan’s potato imports from China, raising alarms over food security and self-sufficiency. According ...