The farm gate price index has fallen by almost 12 percent, from 209 points in January 2025 to 184 points in March this year. This level is more than 22 percent lower than in March 2024.
Russian President Putin has admitted that there are too few potatoes in the country. The shortage was caused by a disappointing harvest, which led to huge price increases. Nowhere is the potato as expensive as in Russia.
At the end of last season, monitoring by Fight Against Blight (FAB) confirmed the detection of the EU46 strain in Wales and eastern Scotland, the first appearance of this genotype in the UK.
In Northern Iceland, favourable spring weather has accelerated potato planting by almost three weeks. Areas such as Skagafjörður and Húsavík have started planting earlier than usual.
A damaging pest known as the potato cyst nematode has been discovered in Þykkvibær, Iceland’s largest potato-growing region, marking the first confirmed case in the area.
The Dutch government, research institutes and the business community must work together to realise sustainable solutions in pot
Más de 300 mil familias usuarias del programa Haku Wiñay del Foncodes que se dedican a esta actividad han pasado de lo tradicional a la Innovación y han perfeccionado sus técnicas de cultivo para competir en el mercado.
A través de su Centro de Desarrollo Agrícola Sabritas (CDAS), ubicado en Toluca, producen más de 19 millones de semillas.
