Potato News from Cyprus

Cyprus potato producers will receive financial aid and compensation after their crops suffered damage from recent cold weather and hail, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said

The President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, promised potato farmers on Wednesday that the government would support them. The president was in Xylofagou to open a new citizen's service centre

Following the rise in prices that has been at the centre of disputes and protests all over Cyprus in recent weeks, potato farmers said on Thursday they will also take action if the government does not intervene to support them.

Potato cultivation in a key area of Cyprus - an exporter of 'New Potatoes' to several European countries is - is seriously affected by rain storms.

Cypriot potatoes becoming increasingly popular in Europe

The dispute between workers at the potato packaging factory in Vryssoules and their employers will be discussed at the Labour Ministry on Monday. The two sides met at the ministry yesterday and relayed their views to the mediation service. The ministr...

Approximately 100 Greek-Cypriot potato packers in Vrysoulles went on strike yesterday against their employer’s intention to sack them and replacing them with EU community workers from Eastern Europe. The strike was organised by workers’ unions SEK and...

Around 200 potato farmers went on strike yesterday along the Larnaca-Ayia Napa road after still not having received compensation for damage to crops due to extreme weather conditions over the last two years.

Seventy per cent of potato crops suffered extensive damage in the Famagusta district, farmers complained yesterday. Akel deputy Yiannakis Gabriel told reporters the damage caused to crops due to the past three nights’ freezing temperatures had brought...