El portal de la papa en Argentina
Dopo un’annata record, quella del 2015, l’attuale campagna pataticola in Russia rischia di essere sottotono: nelle aziende agricole della Federazione il calo produttivo dovrebbe essere del 14%, pari a circa un milione di tonnellate.
OVER six years a potato famine killed more than a million people in Ireland and now Australia is staring down the barrel of its own potato shortage.
English seed potatoes are once more being planted in Scottish fields. Latest figures show that 18 ware crops north of the border were planted with such seed in 2016.
For a moment, it seemed as if the doomsday scenario was coming true, but this weekend potato producers can finally feel relieved.
Australia is looking at a potato shortage due to floods cleaning out crops across the country and wet ground making it near impossible to plant more potatoes, meaning consumers will have to pay a small fortune for the starchy vegetable until at least
According to new paper, at least 27 species of blight, or ’Phytophthora’ are now found across Ireland, with invasions on the rise in line with increasing globalisation and international trade in plants, reports the Irish Independent.
The Swiss Federal Council agreed with changes to the agricultural import regulation system on 26 October 2016. The most important change is the new import regulations for consumption potatoes.
According to the Flemish agriculture and horticulture information centre, the soil in parts of Belgium is too dry, and as a result too hard, to allow an efficient potato harvest.