After the Tomato Potato Psyllid was found in Western Australia horticulturists in Victoria are being urged to implement best practice biosecurity measures in order to prevent the spread of the costly pest.
With seven months still to go, 50% of the exhibition space at PotatoEurope 2017 – the trade show dedicated to the entire potato chain – has already been sold. This year, PotatoEurope will be held in Emmeloord, Flevoland, the Netherlands.
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.
"Global Starch Industry Conference" is coming back in 2017 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, June 20, 2017, as a one-stop platform for policy interpretation, business exchange and purchase.
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.
