El portal de la papa en Argentina
Gli esperti del settore ritengono che il 2017 sarà l’anno delle patate geneticamente modificate, sviluppate dalla compagnia J.R. Simplot, e che inizieranno a essere seminate in Canada.
Mr. Pakao Leo, an agricultural expert and Coordinator of the Vanuatu Coastal Adaptation Project (VCAP), has been working with fellow experts to create more durable and profitable varieties in this ever hotter area.
In Fiji the Agriculture Ministry’s potato revitalisation program is giving hope to a group of potato farmers in the Sigatoka Valley.
A recent study has revealed that potatoes may soon be out of this world, as the study found that they could potentially grow on the Mars. Some predict that humans could be colonizing the red planet in as little as a decade.
David Kimotho has been a potato farmer in Nyandarua County for the past 12 years, but has always counted losses because of poor yields blamed on bad agronomic practices.
Incessant rain for the last three days has brought woes to the potato farmers in Munshiganj while about 60 brickfields in Thakurgaon have suffered a blow due to sudden shower on Friday night.
BARGARH ; The farmers of Bargarh feel cursed. Yet to recover from the crop loss of 2015-16 kharif season, they were forced to go for distress sale of cabbage, tomato and chilli and now it is the turn of potato.
The Punjab Agro Industries Corporation (PAIC) has tied up with ITC to supply it 3 lakh bags of processing grade potato from them. Potato will be procured for Rs 500 per quintal besides the cost of the gunny bags and loading.