The volume of the Belgian potato harvest was disappointing this season, resulting in high prices. “Prices have been stable now for a while already, but that makes sense because there is hardly a free market system.
2016 was another year of lower production in Great Britain but also on mainland Europe, despite increased plantings, according to a recent AHDB report.
De Nederlandse veredelaar Solynta oogstte in 2016 bruikbaar pootgoed uit diploïde aardappelen in de buitenlucht. Dat is uniek, schrijft vakblad Boerderij.
La vie d’une patate, c’est pas d’la tarte. Pensez donc : dans le monde, environ 5 000 variétés différentes sont commercialisées, entre 1 200 et 1 500 en Europe, au moins trois cents en France.
THERE COULD be more Scottish tatties on Christmas dinner tables across the UK this year – while there was a 5% drop in overall UK production this season, 2016 was a better year for potatoes in the north.
A nationwide potato growers’ survey is set to evaluate the wider implications of key soil pest issues and assess whether growers are winning the battle against losses, or identify whether problems are getting progressively worse.
NEW DELHI: The agriculture ministry plans to use remote sensing technology to map the area under potato and onion cultivation for the entire country to provide an accurate estimate of the likely production of the respective crops.
Looking for ways of improving the UK potato supply chain, Nuffield scholar Rufus Pilgrim travelled to South Africa to draw comparisons between UK and international potato markets. Abby Kellett reports
