El portal de la papa en Argentina
Easy market access and high returns have encouraged potato farmers to go into commercial potato farming. Terhathum district produced 34,255 tonnes of potatoes worth Rs685 million this year, based on the average farm gate price of Rs20 per kg.
Last week violent protesters in Ethiopia targeted three Dutch agricultural companies. Jan van de Haar from Solagrow received a call on Friday December 11th from the farm manager who oversees 247 acres in Wenchi.
The extreme cold that prevailed last week caused about NIS 15 million damage to farmers, according to a preliminary estimate of the insurance Fund for Natural Risks in Agriculture.
At the wholesale center in Frankfurt, Frischezentrum Frankfurt one can find a wide range of potato varieties. Not only the common and well-known household potatoes in bags of 25 kg but also more exclusive varieties in crates of 5 kg from France.
Süßkartoffeln werden weltweit angebaut und verzehrt. Der Weltmarktanteil jedoch ist relativ klein, da viele Länder für den Eigenbedarf züchten. Europa (vor allem England und die Niederlande) ist ein großer Importeur von Süßkartoffeln.
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.
In the eastern counties there appears to have been an increase in demand for vegetable land, supported by the Defra horticultural statistics for 2014. These suggest that the total area of vegetables has increased in recent years.
L’office de mise en marché de la pomme de terre de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard sera responsable du service de désinfection des camions de transport des pommes de terre.