THERE COULD be more Scottish tatties on Christmas dinner tables across the UK this year – while there was a 5% drop in overall UK production this season, 2016 was a better year for potatoes in the north.
A nationwide potato growers’ survey is set to evaluate the wider implications of key soil pest issues and assess whether growers are winning the battle against losses, or identify whether problems are getting progressively worse.
Looking for ways of improving the UK potato supply chain, Nuffield scholar Rufus Pilgrim travelled to South Africa to draw comparisons between UK and international potato markets. Abby Kellett reports
NEW DELHI: The agriculture ministry plans to use remote sensing technology to map the area under potato and onion cultivation for the entire country to provide an accurate estimate of the likely production of the respective crops.
The government on Tuesday removed the minimum export price (MEP) of potato, which was imposed in July, to boost shipments of the kitchen staple.
Potato storages operated by Associated Potato Growers Inc., were about 70 percent full after the 2016 harvest ended Nov. 18, according to Paul Dolan, who manages the cooperative from offices in Grand Forks, ND.
Pestovateľská výmera zemiakov na Slovensku za posledné roky klesá. Podľa údajov Štatistického úradu SR v hospodárskom roku 2015 a 2016 zberová plocha zemiakov medziročne poklesla o 11,4 %, teda o viac ako 1 000 hektárov.
BANJARNEGARA (KR) - Menteri Pertanian (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman menegaskan tidak akan mengimpor kentang, tetapi harus bisa melakukan ekspor. Negara yang dibidik dan berpotensi menjadi tujuan ekspor yakni Singapura dan Malaysia, maka produksi dalam
