Potato farmers in fourteen counties in Kenya are the winners following the introduction of new packaging regulations which will be implemented across the country. The Crops (Irish Potatoes) Regulations 2019, which were […]
Near the end of the last potato growing season in Malawi’s district of Dedza, Leonard Mideyo dug up a mound of soil with his hands on his roadside potato plot. This location […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PepsiCo Egypt, to expand cooperation between USAID and PepsiCo’s subsidiary, Chipsy for Food Industries, to improve farmer […]
An initiative between Eastern Cape state entities and Potatoes SA has turned former subsistence farmers into commercial potato farmers. The farmers at OR Tambo District, which includes Mthatha, Mqanduli and Ngqeleni, have […]
Potatoes are important to food security and they are a cash crop in Ethiopia for small-scale farmers, who account for 83% of the total population and hold 95% of agricultural land. It […]
Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC), is a serious threat to potato production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ralstonia is one of the most significant limitations to clean seed production, an essential component […]
The South African potato community will gather in Cape Town for its annual Seed Growers Forum and general Congress in September of this year. Some of the presenters at the event will […]
Potato farmers in five African counties can now access certified planting material after a Dutch-based horticultural firm introduced new technology to mass produce high yielding and disease resistant seed varieties in Nakuru, […]
About 35,000 hectares of Irish potatoes are grown annually in Kenya. Potato farming has high potential that remains unexploited. Potato is the second most important food crop, after maize, in Kenya, cultivated […]
By Régis Umurengezi of The New Times – Nine banks and other financial institutions in the country will, effective next planting season, start issuing various financial services to Irish potato cooperatives through […]
For almost a decade, Potatoes SA has assisted black emerging farmers in building their own potato production businesses. To date, the non-profit company has already invested in and helped more than forty upcoming potato […]
The government of Kenya has reportedly signed a US$6m deal with BASF, one of the world’s leading chemical companies, as well as IPR Consulting Establishment in Kenya – to develop a potato cooling […]
Many Kenyan farmers, entrepreneurs and investors are intensely interested in the preparation of new regulations on the production and marketing of planting materials for vegetatively propagated crops (VPCs), such as potato and […]
The price of potatoes has skyrocketed in the last two weeks and this is attributed to heavy rains that disrupted harvesting in the Free State province in South Africa. Chief executive officer […]
Regular fluctuations in potato prices and exploitation by brokers might be a thing of the past for potato farmers from Kinangop area in Kenya’s Nyandarua County following the construction of a private […]
Irish potatoes have prevented another major humanitarian food crisis in one of the poorest and most remote parts of Ethiopia, the Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide has said. The humble spud, introduced […]
Potato farmers in Nyandarua County in Kenya are betting on new varieties with higher yields to boost their incomes. In an initiative by the Embassy of Ireland and Nyandarua County Government dubbed […]
