In Kenya, the potato sector is struggling with an inadequate supply of good quality seed potatoes for preferred varieties, leading to a reliance on propagating low-quality conventional seed potatoes.
Scottish seed potato exports will exceed 92,000 tonnes in 2023/24.
The Bangladesh Cold Storage Association (BCSA) has formally appealed to the government for an immediate cessation of potato imports to avert financial harm to local agriculturists.
The potato harvest in Morocco’s Doukkala region has just ended, but some farmers are unable to get satisfactory prices.
From the 2024 harvest up to and including last December, 357,400 tons of consumption potatoes were sold from the Netherlands to foreign destinations. That is 14 percent less than last year over the same period.
Belgapom reports on January 24 a price of 250 euros/ton (excluding VAT) for the Fontane and Challenger varieties. That is the same price as last week.
Dutch potato processors processed a record amount of potatoes from abroad in December. The supply of Dutch potatoes to the factories was smaller than in previous years.
La variación de precios en RJ fue inferior al 1%
