There has been a silent revolution in potato growth of Bangladesh as the country has been able to increase the production of the crop to 26 times in 60 years, says a joint report of International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Asian Devel
The farmers of Bogra district are passing busy time sowing early variety potato on having harvested short duration T-Aman BINA-7 Dhan, apparently in a bid to recoup the losses they incurred last year.
Harvest: The plummeting potato prices by almost seven times at the auction yard in Phuentsholing this year has come as a big blow to farmers, with some varieties even failing to meet the transportation costs.
Auf dem Weg von der Scholle bis zum Teller geht mehr als die Hälfte der Kartoffelernte verloren. Das zeigt eine neue Studie von Forscherinnen und Forschern von Agroscope und der ETH Zürich.
Am Freitag, 23.10.2015 haben die Agroscope und ETH je eine Pressemitteilungveröffentlicht der zu entnehmen ist, dass rund die Hälfte der Schweizer Kartoffelernte als Lebensmittel verschwendet werde.
I’ve seen a lot of potato varieties come and go during my years as a potato scientist. Many of them never made it to the big time, in spite of the fact they survived the lengthy and rigorous battery of tests that need to be passed before a new variet
The Irish and UK sugar beet and potato yield for 2015 is to be above the five-year average, according to the European Commission’s latest MARS Bulletin.
Potato cyst nematodes (PCN) are a significant threat to the UK fresh and processing potato markets, with an annual estimated cost of £50 million to the potato industry.
