Europa: Average to good potato harvest in NEPG zone, but increased production costs
After a very wet summer, slow and difficult harvesting conditions in Belgium, Holland and Germany.
Europa 24/11/2021
Italia: The campaign of potatoes from Sila is livening up
"Although yields per hectare are lower than in previous years, there are larger quantities of PGI potatoes from Sila as crops currently cover 600 against the 520 of 2020," reports Albino Carli, director of Consorzio Produttori Patate Associati (PPAS)
Europa 24/11/2021
EEUU: Canada and Mexico imported significantly more US potatoes
U.S. exports of frozen potato products increased by 30% for the July – September 2021 quarter compared to 2020.
Norte Am. 24/11/2021
Nigeria: Nigeria will be among world’s top three potato producers by 2025
Minister of state for Agriculture and Rural Development Mustapha Baba Shehuri has declared that Nigeria will be among the world’s top three potato producing countries by 2025.
Africa 24/11/2021
Japón: Japan’s fresh potato production at 2,204,000 tons in MY2020/21
In marketing year (April - March) 2020/21, Japan’s fresh potato acreage was 71,900 hectares (ha) and production was 2,204,000 metric tons (MT).
Asia 24/11/2021
Argelia: En Algérie, l’incroyable bataille autour de la pomme de terre
En proie aux pénuries, le pays a vu le prix du kilo de patates presque tripler. Une inflation qui attise la colère des ménages et laisse entrevoir l’inefficacité du gouvernement.
Africa 24/11/2021
Tasmania: Potato shortage forecast after ’worst’ planting season in 40 years
Tasmania could be in for a potato shortage, growers warn, as fertiliser prices have soared, the cost of farming equipment has gone up and unrelenting rain means the potato season is behind schedule.
Oceania 24/11/2021
EEUU: UMaine is creating a ‘super potato’
For decades, the University of Maine has devoted valuable agricultural research to studying how to improve potato crops, a central element of the state’s agricultural economy.
Norte Am. 24/11/2021