Colombia: The government takes measures to avoid a potato growers’ strike.
Five days after the rice strike, the Ministry of Agriculture established the National Potato Technical Committee to coordinate production.
Latam 23/08/2025
Información Técnica: Recomendaciones para el control de la Mosca de la Semilla (Delia platura) en papa
En papa se han registrado ataques importantes en tubérculos semilla, inclusive la severidad de algunos obligó a la replantación de estos
Argentina 22/08/2025
Spain (Canary Islands): Despite local production, potatoes from Israel are already arriving.
Part of the ’local’ tubers from the summer harvest are still stored and have no commercial outlet, but that, despite the farmers’ request to delay imports, does not prevent many shelves from displaying the product from abroad.
Europa 21/08/2025
Colombia: Impact of the Punta Morada complex on the country’s potato crops
Purple Tip is a disease that causes alterations such as: decreased photosynthetic capacity, impaired nutrient and reserve transport, and malformation and abortion of flowers and fruits.
Latam 21/08/2025
Germany: Cicadas spread in potato fields
It spreads rapidly, transmits pathogens, and causes massive crop losses: the reed glasswing. Will this have consequences for food prices and consumers?
Europa 21/08/2025
España (Canarias): A pesar de haber producción local, ya ingresa papa de Israel
Parte del tubérculo ‘del país’ de la cosecha estival sigue almacenado y sin salida comercial, pero eso, pese a la petición de los agricultores de retrasar la importación, no evita que muchos estantes exhiban el producto de fuera
Europa 21/08/2025
Colombia: Efecto del complejo Punta Morada en los cultivos de papa del país
La Punta Morada es una enfermedad que genera alteraciones como: disminución de la capacidad fotosintética, afectar el transporte de nutrientes y reservas, malformación y aborto de flores y frutos.
Latam 21/08/2025
Germany: New platform for potato breeding
Researchers have developed a genome-based metabolic model for potatoes that can improve the breeding of new stress-tolerant varieties.
Europa 21/08/2025