Kenia: National Potato Council of Kenya plans on increasing potato production
The National Potato Council of Kenya intends to ramp up national potato production to 2.5 million tons per year.
However, with current production of about 7 tons per hectare, way below the projected potential of about 30 tons per hectare, considerable efforts from public and private stakeholders are essential.
The NCPK’s current CEO, Wachira Kaguango, attributes the limited productivity to a number of factors, including a limited supply of quality seed, poor farming methods and incorrect farm input. Kanguango explained that the choice of potato species has a role to play in currently low productivity.
Kanguongo presented a set of solutions proposed by the NCPK that have the potential to significantly increase the productivity of the more than 150,000 hectares used for potato cultivation in Kenya today. These include the development of cold storage facilities, to allow farmers to sell, even off season, at a fairer price.
Fuente: https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9411849/national-potato-council-of-kenya-plans-on-increasing-potato-production/
