África: South African potato sales grow by 24%
From January till July this year, an extra 12.9 million 10kg bags were sold on South African fresh produce markets than were sold at the same time last year; up 24%. As a result, market prices are 37% lower during the same period.
For the 2017 marketing year information for more than 44,000 hectares is already available. Indications are that hectares planted will only decrease slightly for 2017 compared to 2016.
To compare: From January till the end of December 2016, 17.3 million 10kg bags less (15%) were sold on the national fresh produce markets than in 2015. The drought and high temperatures experienced in most of the production regions had a negative impact on yields. As a result, market prices were 65% higher than at the same time in 2015.
Read more at agrisa.co.za
Fuente: http://www.freshplaza.com/article/179754/South-African-potato-sales-grow-by-24-procent
