According to official estimates, the district produces around 1.40 crore quintals of potato every year but had no local chips factory until 650 women got together to open ’Arch Chips’.
Maximum price fixed at ₹2,800 per quintal. Hassan district administration has advised merchants to sell seed potatoes to farmers for a price not exceeding ₹2,800 per quintal.
Tomar emphasized that technology will be critical in meeting the State’s Potato Seeds needs as well as increasing production at the national level.
Industry experts claim that potato growers will walk away from the sector as cost pressures make the staple crop unviable in Australia.
With the border opened again for potato growers in Prince Edward Island to ship product to the U.S., growers there have a renewed sense of optimism.
A midst substantial amounts of potato production and subsequent space constraints in cold storages, a new method of stowing the spuds that does not require freezing has come as a blessing for farmers in the country’s northern districts.
En Tunisie, la pomme de terre fait partie des principales cultures alimentaires avec les céréales. Malgré les multiples défis, la filière continue d’enregistrer d’importants progrès du point de vue de la production.
Potato planting is under threat as high input costs will lead to a decline in production unless growers are supported, the national potato chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Sean Ryan has said.
