Eugen Borgmann has run the potato peeling company “querbeet” at the farm Borgmann for the last 20 years. The family business, with a specialization on asparagus while seasonal, has grown steadily since.
Lack of improved seeds, use of obsolete technology, lack of access to credit, effects of climate change and cartel-like behaviour are some of the factors that have been blamed for the East African Community’s (EAC) low production of potatoes.
Seed potatoes from Britain are known world-wide for their high health, high quality status and the team from AHDB Potatoes were on the GB seed and science stand at this month’s international trade and technical event, Potato Europe
Idaho potato farmers are reporting fewer, but larger potatoes at the start of harvest, prompting consumer bag prices to rise and cartons to drop.
Peter and Sandra Scott have been growing potatoes at their Colac farm for 30 years, but decided to take a chance on a new variety in 2004.
Potato yields should be slightly above average in Manitoba and Alberta this year, but figures aren’t available because the harvest is only 10 to 15 percent complete.
In its endeavor to support Kenya’s potato industry realise its full production potential, the Netherlands Embassy in Nairobi will next week launch the East African Potato Forum, a vehicle through which Dutch innovations and technologies in this secto
Przy wyjątkowo suchym roku na ziemniakach zarobią przede wszystkim rolnicy nawadniający plantacje.
