Latam 22/12/2015
Venezuela: Delay in delivery of potato seeds to affect 25% of production
The potato planting should have started already in December; however, the first shipment of seeds from Canada, which promised to yield a production of 17,000 tonnes of potatoes in the first quarter of 2016, has yet to arrive.
Julio La Cruz, director of the National Federation of Potato and Vegetable Growers (Fenaprohort), assured that Aragua and Carabobo have missed the planting cycle, which should have started in the first week of December."The arrival of the seeds is estimated for 26 December, which means that planting will start in January; consequently, there will be high risks involved and insurance will be needed, since the harvest will start when already into the rainy season (April-May)," explained La Cruz.
Fuente: http://www.freshplaza.com/article/150739/Venezuela-
