El portal de la papa en Argentina
Una holgada oferta de la hortaliza en el mercado brasilero golpea a los productores rionegrinos. La campaña había empezado con buenas expectativas, que lejos están de ser cubiertas.
Este nuevo banco forma parte de la Red de Bancos de Germoplasma de INIA y permitirá conservar, con altos estándares científicos, las variedades nativas y tradicionales de papa que forman parte del patrimonio agrícola y cultural del sur de Chile.
The farm gate price index has fallen by almost 12 percent, from 209 points in January 2025 to 184 points in March this year. This level is more than 22 percent lower than in March 2024.
Russian President Putin has admitted that there are too few potatoes in the country. The shortage was caused by a disappointing harvest, which led to huge price increases. Nowhere is the potato as expensive as in Russia.
At the end of last season, monitoring by Fight Against Blight (FAB) confirmed the detection of the EU46 strain in Wales and eastern Scotland, the first appearance of this genotype in the UK.
In Northern Iceland, favourable spring weather has accelerated potato planting by almost three weeks. Areas such as Skagafjörður and Húsavík have started planting earlier than usual.
A damaging pest known as the potato cyst nematode has been discovered in Þykkvibær, Iceland’s largest potato-growing region, marking the first confirmed case in the area.
The Dutch government, research institutes and the business community must work together to realise sustainable solutions in pot