Europa: European potato market overview for week 7
Industrial varieties: The global market remains generally calm and unchanged. Export is quiet (South-East of Europe, West Africa), and only releases small volumes.
Europa 20/02/2018
Kenia: Good news as struggling potato farmers ink new deal
Sitting on a rickety bench at his home in Kipipiri, Central Kenya, Samuel Macharia pulls a piece of paper from his pocket and proudly points to the signature at the bottom.
Africa 20/02/2018
Italia: BPotato cooperation agreement between Italy and France
Over the past few days, the Agripat delegation met up with André Minguy, vice-president of Triskalia representing Unpt (National Union of French Potato Growers) in Saint-Malo.
Europa 20/02/2018
Francia: 80,000 tons of seed potatoes in 2020
in 2014 Germicopa joined the Florimond Desprez Group, a French family business founded in 1830.
Europa 20/02/2018
Perú: The potato crisis is not due to overproduction
Congressman Horacio Zevallos Paron, from the New Peru caucus, said that the potato crisis was not due to overproduction as the government has stated.
Latam 20/02/2018
India: Kerala laps up low potato prices in UP
Marxist government in Kerala is close to harvesting a business opportunity in Uttar Pradesh, where recently angry potato farmers threw quintals of potatoes at chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office and residence protesting against poor price realisa
Asia 20/02/2018
Irlanda: Potato growers get less than one-fifth of the price consumers pay for spuds
Potato growers are getting less than one-fifth of the price a consumer pays for their product in the shop, a conference in Dublin today heard.
Europa 20/02/2018
Chipre: Farmers call for halt to potatoes from the north
Farmers called on Friday for a stop to the transport of potatoes from the north as tonnes of their own produce was being left unsold.
Europa 20/02/2018