El portal de la papa en Argentina
Farmers from Maine shipped potatoes by rail for the first time in four decades this winter thanks to a strong harvest in the state and heat and dry weather that impeded farmers in renowned potato-growing states like Idaho and Washington.
Vier aardappelrassen die duurzaam worden geteeld op een teeltbedrijf van 1.212 hectare in Al Ain zijn nu verkrijgbaar bij grote winkels in de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten en online.
Patna: Despite the bumper potato crop, farmers Rajendar Mandal, Naushad Ali, Manoj Singh, Abdul Rahman and Sanjay Yadav of Bihar’s Katihar district are visibly upset and worried.
Small and marginal potato farmers in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts have been left in a quandary as cold storage owners in the region are saying their spaces have been completely filled.
W hile some farmers say that potato yields were low this year, most of them argue the opposite as they got the same output as they had in previous years.
Going by these details, the area under crop has increased 1.5 times in the state since 2004-05 and has seen a two-fold increase in production.
Following the Russian invasion in Ukraine, potato markets have been somewhat hesitant during the last weeks, according to the North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) association.
Sitting at Peristerona’s kafeneio just opposite the church of St Barnabas and Hilarion, I take a quick caffeine fix with Avraam Venizelos, a Cyta pensioner turned potato producer