El portal de la papa en Argentina
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) reports that potatoes were grown on 4.57 lakh hectares in 2024, reflecting a 13% increase in cultivation this year
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.
Productores e importadores de papa con intermediación de la Secretaría de Agricultura (SAG), acordaron el fortalecimiento al Comité de Cadena de Papa para atender necesidades presentadas por este sector y contribuir al abastecimiento del mercado.
The potato harvest in Morocco’s Doukkala region has just ended, but some farmers are unable to get satisfactory prices.
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.
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.
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.