Sudáfrica: Prices for South African onions are smashing records
Onions and potatoes have traded places since last year, when potatoes shone and onion prices slumped.
Africa 08/11/2022
Europa: A pure Finnish potato that returned to its roots
Even a tasty potato variety’s flavor is largely determined by giving the plant the right amount of water and nutrients. Tapio Knuuttila,,,
Europa 08/11/2022
Gran Bretaña: Star Trek for potatoes: can a hi-tech farm save french fries from the climate crisis?
Researchers flock to New Brunswick, Canada, to test both cutting-edge and bygone methods of spud cultivation to meet a challenging future.
Europa 08/11/2022
India: Potato can help avert food crisis
At a time when almost every essential people need for survival is atrociously costly, one common tuber crop, potato, has not followed the galloping price escalation.
Asia 08/11/2022
Información Técnica: Protect Your Potato Crops From Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
Plant-parasitic nematodes, microscopic roundworms, live either inside roots and other plant tissues (endoparasites) or in the soil (ectoparasites). Their life cycle includes an egg, several juvenile stages, and an adult stage.
Europa 08/11/2022
Italia: Emergenza ferretto su patate, in emilia romagna si chiede lo stato di calamità
“Il 2022 è stato un anno terribile per chi produce patate in Emilia-Romagna: i danni arrecati dagli elateridi hanno compromesso circa il 35% della produzione con relativo drammatico calo di PLV.
Europa 08/11/2022
Australia: Australia’s Woolworths grocer says heavy rain and floods are hurting potato crops
Australian grocer Woolworths Group said heavy rain may keep squeezing supply of farm-based staples, including potato chips, as soaring shelf prices contributed to a decline in first-quarter food sales,,,
Oceania 08/11/2022
Australia: Potato supply in Tasmania impacted by wet harvesting conditions, growers worried about planting season
Supplies of fresh potatoes in Tasmania’s supermarkets are low, with a major grower forced to temporarily halt harvesting as weather conditions make it too wet to get tractors onto paddocks, as Fiona Breen, Laurissa Smith, and Tony Briscoe reports for
Oceania 08/11/2022