Brasil: Com oferta alta, preços da batata seguem em queda
O pico da colheita de inverno ocorreria entre agosto e setembro.
Latam 19/07/2025
Argentina (Mendoza): Potato and other vegetable producers complain that current prices do not cover costs.
Omar Carrasco, president of the Argentine Fruit and Vegetable Union (UFHA), noted that the impact was mitigated by a drastic drop in sales, which is keeping prices at bay despite the reduced supply.
Argentina 17/07/2025
Peru (CIP): Promoting potato production with mulching and minimal tillage
Researchers at the International Potato Center (CIP) have promoted sustainable alternatives based on the use of mulching combined with minimum tillage practices for potato cultivation.
Latam 17/07/2025
Peru (Áncash): Delegations from Bolivia and Chile exchanged experiences on native potatoes
Seed guardian producers arrived in Peru to share experiences on the conservation, cultivation, and study of ancestral potato varieties in their countries.
Latam 17/07/2025
Colombia: Measures taken to curb potato smuggling from Ecuador
Border controls with Ecuador are tightened due to the potato and rice crisis.
Latam 17/07/2025
Colombia (Nariño): Seeking to promote the sustainability of potato cultivation
Fedepapa’s general manager, Richard Pérez, is visiting the department of Nariño to establish strategies to improve the quality of life of potato producers in the region.
Latam 17/07/2025
Health: Did you know that potatoes can help lower blood pressure?
What are the other healing properties of the potato
Argentina 16/07/2025
Colombia (Cundinamarca): ’Cundipapa’, the strategy to strengthen the paper sector
According to the Marketing Agency and the Government of Cundinamarca, this strategy seeks to protect and strengthen agriculture and dignify the work of the paperophiles.
Latam 15/07/2025