Mexico: (Perote) Potato producers face frost and plummeting prices due to overproduction
The fence used to be worth around $300 and now they’re paying about $120, say farmers from Los Pescados, in the municipality of Perote.
The fence used to be worth around $300 and now they’re paying about $120, say farmers from Los Pescados, in the municipality of Perote.
The agricultural sector of Kuturipa, located in District 9 of the city of Cochabamba, received a significant amount of potato seeds from the South Korean Cooperation in coordination with the municipality of Cercado.
The leader of the potato producers in Los Mochis believes they can exceed 14,000 hectares
The Ukrainian potato market has suffered greatly due to the war and occupation of the southern regions. This is evidenced by the research results of the Food and Land Use Research Center of the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE).
German farmers are complaining about a massive potato overproduction this year. One farmer has already had to destroy 400 tons of fresh produce as a result. There is also a very large potato harvest in Germany at the moment.
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This year, 18,800 more hectares were planted than the previous year, reaching the largest area dedicated to potato cultivation in 25 years.
Most of the supply comes from southern Minas Gerais and southwestern São Paulo.