Potato News from Africa

July 11, 2012

Irish potatoes leading a revolution in Malawi

In the blazing African heat, enterprising Malawian women are helping to spearhead a 'potato revolution' which aims to beat the scourge of hunger and poverty.
June 27, 2012

East Africa: better selection of seed potatoes improves yield thirty percent

East African farmers, who are mostly small-scale, currently select their seed potatoes from the mass of harvested potatoes. That results in lots of virus diseases and potato brown rot, as well as low yields of an average of 10.5 tons per hectare. Tha...
May 02, 2012

Imports could mean it’s chips for jobs in South African potato processing industry

Imported frozen french fries are threatening the livelihood of more than 11 000 workers in the potato processing industry, says producers association Potatoes SA (PSA).
 Potatoes South Africa
April 30, 2012

Imported French fries – a hot potato topic for the South African economy

Potatoes South Africa (PSA) has recently turned to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, as well as the Minister of Trade & Industry, in order to address the influx of frozen French fries into South Africa.
April 24, 2012

Algeria: Potato prices to normalise in May

Over the past two weeks, the price of potatoes in Algeria tripled from 40 to 120 dinars as snow coverage has affected crops and speculators have exploited the situation.
 Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)
April 21, 2012

Potato farmers in Kenya oppose the import of seed potatoes

Potato Farmers in Kenya have opposed a decision by the government to import seed from the Netherlands, insisting that the move will kill the little but growing initiative to produce clean planting seed potato and will expose the country to potato disea...
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 KARI
April 12, 2012

Kenya: Low cost potato storage project launched

A project to introduce low-cost potato seed storage system in regions in Kenya where the crop is grown has been launched.
April 11, 2012

Egypt threatens retaliation over Russia's potato import ban

Egypt threatened on Tuesday to take retaliatory measures against Russia if it keeps a ban on Egyptian potato imports.
FAO helps Ugandan potato farmers make more money
April 04, 2012

FAO helps Ugandan potato farmers make more money

Potatoes are not widely grown in Uganda but they could earn a farmer big if the right farming methods and good prices are in place. Nathan Baryahisahe, the chairman of the Muko Expanded Irish Potato Producers Association says they now have 161 members...
New look for McCain Foods in South Africa
March 07, 2012

New look for McCain Foods in South Africa

A key element of the McCain rebranding exercise is the new design packaging, which is being introduced into the market.
 Kenya
February 20, 2012

Kenya: Row over government plan to import potato seed from the Netherlands

A major controversy has broken out over government plan to import seed potato favoured for the production of high quality crisps and chips.
February 14, 2012

Kenyan farmers set to reap big from quality potato seed imports from the Netherlands

Kenya will start importing high quality potato seeds following the signing of bilateral agreement with the Netherlands government.
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Netherlands gives Kenya potatoes for quality chips
February 02, 2012

Netherlands gives Kenya potatoes for quality chips

Kenyan farmers will now be able to import highly marketable potato seed varieties from the Netherlands after an agreement by the two governments.
January 18, 2012

Mozambique plans to stop importing seed potatoes by 2013

Mozambique’s Agricultural Development Fund (FDA) plans to make efforts to store seed potatoes as the government has set a target to stop importing the product by 2013, the Fund’s chairman said.
January 16, 2012

New potato varieties give hope to Tanzania farmers

A recent case study by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) showcases a new effort to produce high quality seed potatoes for farmers in Tanzania.
December 12, 2011

Centro Internacional de la Papa busca investigador para liderar programa de papa en el África subsahariana

El Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) está buscando un científico principal con amplia experiencia en investigación y recaudación de fondos, para dirigir y ampliar el programa de papa que el CIP ha establecido en el África Subsahariana, con sede en ...
Masaï vrouw wordt aardappelpionier
October 28, 2011

Masaï vrouw wordt aardappelpionier

Christine Nashuru lijkt een traditionele Masaï vrouw, lang en stil. Ze leeft in het Transmara district in Kenia. Ze heeft, doordat ze vrouw is, geen formeel onderwijs genoten, maar, dankzij een cursus van het CIP (International Potato Center) is zij nu...
October 26, 2011

Nederlands pootgoed impuls voor voedselproductie Kenia

De Nederlandse aardappel kan een bijdrage leveren aan het oplossen van het voedselprobleem in Kenia. Daarvoor is vers, virusvrij pootgoed nodig. Rob Holtrop werkt daaraan. Aardappel is, na mais, het gewas dat in Kenia het meest wordt verbouwd voor lok...

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