
Paraguay: En Paraguarí producen más de 8 millones de kilos de papa y cebolla
La calidad de la papa y cebolla producida en la zona de Paraguarí no tiene nada que envidiar a los que ingresan de otros países.
La calidad de la papa y cebolla producida en la zona de Paraguarí no tiene nada que envidiar a los que ingresan de otros países.
Las cebollas y las patatas han intercambiado los puestos desde el año pasado, cuando las patatas brillaban y los precios de las cebollas se desplomaron.
Productores del Comité Potrerito del distrito de María Antonia, departamento de Paraguarí, fueron beneficiados con la comercialización conjunta de papa y cebolla.
T he number of acres dedicated to growing seed potatoes in Montana has grown in the last year, as the 2022 harvest is valued at $70-$80 million.
Supermarkets across Australia are experiencing a shortage of popular potato chip products caused by storms and flooding in south-eastern states as well as supply chain problems.
For most of the Prince Edward Island potato growers, the impacts of having the Canada-US border closed to exports of their potatoes last winter are still being felt.
It is sweet potato season at BelOrta again. "We began customer deliveries about two weeks ago, and this year’s harvest looks good. It’s been a hot, dry summer, which actually benefited the sweet potatoes," says Benny Cuypers.
With the objective to give diversification a push and encourage water conservation in agriculture, the Department of Soil and Water Conservation organised a seminar on “Enhancing the adoption of micro- irrigation for potato cultivation” here.