Kenia: Good news as struggling potato farmers ink new deal
Sitting on a rickety bench at his home in Kipipiri, Central Kenya, Samuel Macharia pulls a piece of paper from his pocket and proudly points to the signature at the bottom.
Africa 20/02/2018
Francia: 80,000 tons of seed potatoes in 2020
in 2014 Germicopa joined the Florimond Desprez Group, a French family business founded in 1830.
Europa 20/02/2018
Perú: The potato crisis is not due to overproduction
Congressman Horacio Zevallos Paron, from the New Peru caucus, said that the potato crisis was not due to overproduction as the government has stated.
Latam 20/02/2018
India: Kerala laps up low potato prices in UP
Marxist government in Kerala is close to harvesting a business opportunity in Uttar Pradesh, where recently angry potato farmers threw quintals of potatoes at chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office and residence protesting against poor price realisa
Asia 20/02/2018
Irlanda: Potato growers get less than one-fifth of the price consumers pay for spuds
Potato growers are getting less than one-fifth of the price a consumer pays for their product in the shop, a conference in Dublin today heard.
Europa 20/02/2018
Chipre: Farmers call for halt to potatoes from the north
Farmers called on Friday for a stop to the transport of potatoes from the north as tonnes of their own produce was being left unsold.
Europa 20/02/2018
EEUU: Potato stocks steady
The major potato states had roughly the same amount of product in storage Feb. 1 as they did at the same point in 2017.
Norte Am. 20/02/2018
Argelia: Extension des superficies dédiées à la culture de la pomme de terre d’arrière-saison dans la wilaya d’Ouargla
Les superficies dédiées à la culture de la pomme de terre d’arrière-saison ont gagné du terrain dans la wilaya d’Ouargla passant cette saison à 2.961 hectares contre 1.380 ha l’an dernier, a-t-on appris mardi auprès de la direct ion locale
Africa 20/02/2018