Colombia (Nariño): Million-dollar losses and threats to the potato production sector
In Nariño, the alarm is ringing: potato producers in Colombia are facing a profound crisis that has already lasted for about nine months.
In Nariño, the alarm is ringing: potato producers in Colombia are facing a profound crisis that has already lasted for about nine months.
"No nos bastaba con los nematodos y ahora esto", expresa un agricultor delante de su finca de patateras destrozadas por el granizo.
"Nematodes weren’t enough, and now this," says a farmer in front of his potato field destroyed by hail.
En Riobamba, el precio de la papa genera opiniones divididas entre comerciantes del mercado Mayorista y el mercado San Alfonso.
Con la participación de las gobernaciones de Nariño, Cauca, Cundinamarca y Boyacá, el Gobierno Nacional concluyó la segunda Mesa Nacional de Papa,.
Desde hace 5 años vienen trabajando a pérdidas y con deudas en bancos por los préstamos realizados y a $34.000 les compran en Centro abastos dos bultos de papa, cuando la producción de un bulto cuesta más de $50.000.
In Riobamba, the price of potatoes is generating divided opinions among merchants at the Mayorista market and the San Alfonso market.
This year, farmers in Moldova and Ukraine have had a high potato harvest, but prices have dropped to a minimum level in the last three years. This was reported by Logos Press.