India: Despite good market rates, low potato yield prevents farmers from harvesting profits
The rates have increased from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,200 per quintal for seed potato last week to Rs 1,700-1,800 to Rs 2,000 per quintal currently.
Asia 08/03/2022
EEUU: Maine potato industry has moved to ‘smarter’ farming
Even though Maine had a bumper crop of potatoes in 2021, it still only amounted to a quarter of the yield Aroostook farmers experienced at their peak in the 1940s and 1950s.
Norte Am. 08/03/2022
Alemania: Komplette Sequenzierung des Erbguts erleichtert die Züchtung neuer Sorten
Mehr als 20 Jahre nach der Entschlüsselung des menschlichen Genoms haben Forschende der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und des Max-Planck-Instituts für Pflanzenzüchtungsforschung in Köln zum ersten Mal das hochkomplexe Genom der Kartoffel kom
Europa 08/03/2022
Africa Oriental: Protecting East African potatoes using banana waste matter
As potato production in East Africa is increasingly threatened by the invasive and highly destructive potato cyst nematode (PCN) pest, an organic technology developed from banana plant waste material may well be the solution.
Africa 08/03/2022
Argelia: Pomme de terre en Algérie : vers l’importation d’une grande quantité pour casser les prix
En prévision du mois de ramadan, les deux ministères, l’Agriculture et le Commerce, se dirigent vers l’importation d’une grande quantité de pomme de terre pour casser les prix.
Africa 08/03/2022
España: Mallorca: Sa Pobla new potato exports about to get underway
As the first harvest of Lady Christl new potatoes was undertaken on Wednesday, Mateu Export in Sa Pobla is about to start potato exports. In the next few days, potatoes will be shipped to export markets, such as the UK.
Europa 08/03/2022
Ciencia: Potato genome decoded
More than 20 years after the first release of the human genome, scientists at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, have for the first time decoded the highly complex genome
Europa 08/03/2022
Kenia: Keniaanse regering komt met project om telers aan pootaardappelen te helpen
De Keniaanse regering heeft in Nakuru een project van Sh30 miljoen (237.000 euro) onthuld om meer telers toegang te geven tot gecertificeerd pootgoed.
Africa 08/03/2022