Potato News from Africa

Kenyan Minister of Agriculture William Ruto has said that the Kenya Government has entered into partnership with a Dutch company to help rejuvenate the production and marketing of potatoes. Mr Ruto also said that his ministry is finalising the pape...

Angola Development Bank (BDA) project of credit for peasants in the country will rise the production of potato in the district of Chinguar, 75 kilometres southwest of Kuito city, central Bie province.Speaking to Angop on Friday, Alfeo Vinevala, one of ...

Consumption of potato chips (French fries) in East Africa is booming. Urbanisation, the proliferation of fast-food restaurants, growing tourism, and a significant change in eating habits among both high- and low-income groups in urban areas is raising...

The minister of agriculture and water resources, Dr. Sayyadi Abba Ruma has disclosed that Nigeria is the fourth largest potato producer in the Sub-Saharan Africa, saying that potato which is produced mostly in the area of Jos, Plateau state has a rich ...

A pest-resistant strain of genetically modified potato, earmarked for possible commercial release in South Africa, will be of no use to local spud farmers, said the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) this week. It will also increase risk to the farmer ...

Amid rising costs in food, fuel, electricity and interest rates, consumers can take refuge in knowing that at least one South African staple food is bucking the trend and fighting off inflation. Since September last year the potato price has steadil...

Fast food group McDonald's, one of the largest landowners in the world, is set on expanding aggressively in SA. Executive director Greg Solomon said the local operation aimed to expand outlets by 15%-25% a year for the next few years. By the end of the...

The Potato Company (TPC) uit Emmeloord probeert sinds enkele jaren de aardappelteelt in Burkina Faso van de grond te krijgen, om zodoende het tekort aan aardappels op te heffen.   Dat blijkt lastiger dan verwacht. Twee jaar geleden vertrok de 21-jarig...

Authorities closed 16 cooking oil factories in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Tuesday after eight people were killed and scores sickened by food cooked with contaminated oil. In a statement, the Health Ministry said 94 people were in hospital wit...

A viral potato disease could jeopardise livelihood in a south western district of Uganda as crops quality and quantity have began dropping. The virus is spread by insect vectors and through human contact from plant to plant. The virus can also be tran...

A shortage of potatoes is expected to hit restaurants in Nairobi and other towns in the next few weeks because of the violence that has crippled the Rift Valley Province.Nairobi has more than 800 restaurants and over 40 local processors of crisps whose...

Concerns about bacteria-infested potatoes from Quebec have prompted lurid fears in Algeria and forced a cargo vessel to leave port without unloading its shipment. The exporter is desperately trying to find another country willing to accept the shipmen...

The Algerian Agriculture ministry ordered to turn back the potato loads imported from Canada. Agriculture ministry order the immediate turn back of the Canadian potatoes quantities blocked in Algiers harbour for twenty days. An official source within ...

Woensdagmiddag 24 oktober is de vijfde koelboot met 3600 ton consumptieaardappelen vertrokken van Vlissingen naar Mostaganem in Algerije.

De prijzen van aardappelen in Algerije zijn hoog. Hoewel het Afrikaanse land tonnen aardappelen importeert, ziet men hiervan niets op de markt. Dit komt doordat de maffia de aardappelen opslaat nadat deze in de havens zijn gearriveerd.

An attempt to smuggle 100 tons of potatoes to Tunisia has been outmanoeuvred, while 200 tons were smuggled since the beginning of 2007 to “Potato Chips” factories there. Security services statistics reveal, however, that more than 200 tons might have b...