
Spain: Aragon boosts recovery of potato production
Various initiatives aim to relaunch a product that once had 5,000 hectares and a harvest of 105,000 tons in this autonomous community.
Various initiatives aim to relaunch a product that once had 5,000 hectares and a harvest of 105,000 tons in this autonomous community.
The Board for Plant Varieties in the Netherlands has granted plant breeders’ rights to a groundbreaking new potato variety – the first of its kind to feature a skin transplant.
The fresh market for potatoes has so far shown "a predominantly positive development", the French interprofessional potato committee CNIPT reports in a press release.
The state of Tripura has achieved record growth in potato production thanks to the adoption of rooted top cutting (ARC) technology.
When the State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) announced its decision to grant permission for the import of potatoes for fresh consumption, it was emphasized that this is a common practice in the commercial exchange of goods and services.
South Korea’s Jeollanam-do province is raising urgent concerns about the approval of genetically modified organism (GMO) potatoes imported from the U.S.
Food security is an increasingly important issue in a world that needs to find ways to sustainably feed more than 8 billion people.
The planting of "extra-early" and "early" potatoes in Spain will increase by almost 4% in 2025, exceeding 17,700 hectares, according to the latest data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.