Brett Johnson, University of Maine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture and farm business management educator, and a volunteer pick specialty potato varieties at Rogers Farm in Old Town. (Photo courtesy of University of Maine Cooperative Ext
La direction régionale de l’Agriculture (DRA) de Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima relève une augmentation de la superficie emblavée en pomme de terre d’arrière-saison de 12% par rapport à la campagne précédente.
The potato cultivators are facing loss and are concerned due to blight in potato cultivation in the Takimari Teesta River Bank area of Jalpaiguri district.
Water accumulated in the potato fields due to excessive rainfall, where farmers sowed seeds for the season, many of the newly grown seed potatoes went rotten, so farmers did not decrease the price of old potatoes.
Stephan & Seun, a potato farm established near Piketberg in the Western Cape in the 1960s, showcases modern agriculture in trying times.
People in Zhuanglang county, northwest China’s Gansu Province are cashing in on apples and potatoes.
Oregon State University researchers have been awarded $2 million from the USDA to develop improved ways of preventing stored potatoes from sprouting, particularly in the organic sector.
In Munshiganj alone, renowned for its potato production, 12,762 hectares have suffered damage from the cyclone’s impact out of the district’s 16,200 hectares cultivated for potato production.
