Vier aardappelrassen die duurzaam worden geteeld op een teeltbedrijf van 1.212 hectare in Al Ain zijn nu verkrijgbaar bij grote winkels in de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten en online.
Small and marginal potato farmers in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts have been left in a quandary as cold storage owners in the region are saying their spaces have been completely filled.
Patna: Despite the bumper potato crop, farmers Rajendar Mandal, Naushad Ali, Manoj Singh, Abdul Rahman and Sanjay Yadav of Bihar’s Katihar district are visibly upset and worried.
W hile some farmers say that potato yields were low this year, most of them argue the opposite as they got the same output as they had in previous years.
Sitting at Peristerona’s kafeneio just opposite the church of St Barnabas and Hilarion, I take a quick caffeine fix with Avraam Venizelos, a Cyta pensioner turned potato producer
Going by these details, the area under crop has increased 1.5 times in the state since 2004-05 and has seen a two-fold increase in production.
Following the Russian invasion in Ukraine, potato markets have been somewhat hesitant during the last weeks, according to the North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) association.
Spring sowing has begun across western Ukraine but with raging war in the country, the prospects of completing it successfully look bleak for many Ukrainian farmers.
