
Bangladesh: After chilli and onion, now potato price soars
The country’s essential commodity market has become highly volatile, as prices of one item after another are soaring, leaving millions of commoners in dire straits.
The country’s essential commodity market has become highly volatile, as prices of one item after another are soaring, leaving millions of commoners in dire straits.
A combination different organizations has launched a five-year National Potato Strategy as an essential roadmap that outlines key objectives, targets, and action plans to drive the development of the potato value chain in Nigeria.
Des scientifiques tentent d’élaborer un cultivar qui serait plus résistant face aux maladies de la pomme de terre et qui pourrait mieux tolérer les évènements climatiques extrêmes.
At a recent “field day,” about 100 Northwest farmers and scientists from across Washington and Oregon scuffed through the sand, walking between piles of potatoes in the Black Sands area near Quincy, Washington.
In a groundbreaking initiative to combat climate change, Branston, the UK’s largest potato supplier, is leading a project to reduce the carbon footprint of potato farming, as reported by Farmers Guide in a recent news story.
Scientists have created a super pangenome that captures the complete genetic diversity across multiple potato species to identify genetic traits that can help improve its resilience and nutritional quality.
A five-year, $50 million grant project aims to reduce the carbon footprint of potato farming across the Pacific Northwest.
A new potato sector body which aims to tackle the impact of a costly crop pest - potato cyst nematode - has been welcomed.