Canadá: Pilot project could make growing potatoes cheaper, more accessible in the North
Northern Farm Training Institute to test seed varieties to see which do best in the North
Norte Am. 22/09/2020
India: Lahaul farmers get good prices for potato crop
Local potato is selling like hotcakes in Lahaul and Spiti district this year. Compared to the previous year, farmers of the Lahaul valley are getting good prices for their potato produce in the district this year.
Asia 22/09/2020
Irán: Iran authorizes duty-free potato exports
The export of potatoes from Iran has been exempted from tax and customs duties by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade.
Asia 22/09/2020
Rusia: PepsiCo has laid the ’first stone’ for the future plant for the production of savory snacks in the Industrial and Logistics Park of the Novosib
The ceremony was attended by the Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Andrei Travnikov and the President of PepsiCo Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Caucasus and Central Asia, Neil Sturrock unveil the first stone of Pepsico’s Novosibirsk plant.
Europa 22/09/2020
China: A new potato disease in China
Potatoes are an important crop throughout the world but a new and, so far, undescribed disease has been observed on potato plants during the growing season, and in tubers during the storage period, from Nileke County, Qitai County and other locations
Asia 22/09/2020
Canadá: Canada’s Prince Edward Island potato farmers still feeling summer drought into September
Many potato fields across Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) are not in the condition they are usually at this time of year due to the hot and dry conditions for much of July and August, reports John Robertson for CBC News.
Norte Am. 22/09/2020
Bélgica: Climate change in Belgium threatens beer and fries
According to a report commissioned by the National Climate Commission, production of two of Belgium’s iconic products, beer and fries, could be severely affected by climate change.
Europa 22/09/2020
Lituania: Bulvių augintojai skundžiasi: prastas ne tik derlius, bet ir supirkimo kainos
Šalies bulvių augintojai skundžiasi ne tik prastesniu nei pernai derliumi, bet ir tris kartus žemesnėmis supirkimo kainomis.
Europa 22/09/2020