El portal de la papa en Argentina
At the Onion Theme Day in Dronten, Marco Groenewold discussed onion cultivation and trade in Senegal. Born in Portugal but raised in the Netherlands, he set up a cultivation company here in 2011 for Van Oers (now Primeale United)
The global potato industry witnessed significant contributions from diverse regions in 2023, with new data from FAOSTAT shedding light on production trends across continents and countries.
In Canada, potato harvests are flourishing, yet the United States anticipates a 5% decline in potato production for 2023, with projections showing 417.8 million hundredweight and an average yield of 453 hundredweight per acre.
Belgium is one of the leaders in the potato sector. However, its farmers, like Polish producers and processors, face many challenges.
A comprehensive review article published in Heliyon, titled "Bioethanol production from potatoes in India: A SWOT analysis," evaluates the feasibility of converting surplus and non-marketable potatoes into bioethanol.
The ban on Ukrainian potatoes in Europe will remain in force for a long time due to the dissemination of false figures about the production.
A cutting-edge AI tool can now predict how well seed potatoes will grow into healthy potato plants.
In Kenya, the potato industry is grappling with an inadequate supply of quality potato seed for preferred varieties, leading to a reliance on multiplying low-quality ordinary potato seed.