India: Call for relief for potato farmers
With the farmer fraternity seeing huge financial loss to due to a glut like situation, the Punjab government has eventually flexed it muscles and come up with some immediate damage control measures.
With the farmer fraternity seeing huge financial loss to due to a glut like situation, the Punjab government has eventually flexed it muscles and come up with some immediate damage control measures.
The Belgian potato processing industry continued its road to success last year. In total a record amount of 3.8 million potatoes were processed.
A weak Canadian Dollar and shipping disruptions at the Port of Seattle (Washington, US) could increase demand for Canadian potatoes in 2015, says a spokesperson for the United Potato Growers of Canada.
With a R20 million loss in potato sales over the last three years thanks (or no thanks) to the low-carb diet craze, the South African Potato Council has launched the first carb-free potato in the world.
The Abbott Government has declared war on WA’s so-called "spud cop", with Small Business Minister Bruce Billson saying the Potato Marketing Corporation is a $3.8-million-a-year drag on the State economy.
Het gemiddelde aardappelareaal per aardappelbedrijf in Groot-Brittannië is de afgelopen vijftig jaar opgeschaald van 5 hectare tot meer dan 53 hectare.
Passi in avanti sul fronte della prevenzione delle malattie per la lattuga, e nuove varietà di patate che possono rappresentare una buona alternativa di reddito per gli agricoltori del Cesenate.
Scientists on Monday said they have found a gene to help protect potatoes from a blight that unleashed a devastating famine in Ireland in the 19th century.