News on Potato Cultivation

Seeds of Transformation: Empowering Rwanda's Farmers through Innovative Potato Varieties and Sustainable Agricultural Practices

May 13, 2024

Cultivating Innovation: Transforming Rwanda’s potato industry with new varieties

The lack of quality seed for improved varieties has been attributed to the limited capacity of seed multipliers to produce enough to meet farmer’s demands.

May 06, 2024

Europa: producción de semilla en el norte se ve comprometida

Las restricciones al uso de fertilizantes dificultan la producción de semilla, haciendo a la incertidumbre europea con respecto al suministro.

May 06, 2024

Bolivia: fuertes heladas afectan producción de papa

El clima no da tregua en Bolivia. En el norte del departamento de potosí, en el altiplano, fuertes heladas castigaron cultivos de papa.

Productores de papa de Perote buscan erradicar el uso de agroquímicos

May 03, 2024

México: producción de papa agroecologica

Ya son varios los productores que optan por técnicas más regenerativas y sustentables

May 02, 2024

Rising Potato Prices During the National Election A worrying Development for Ruling Parties

Potato prices in India have increased nearly 50% in a month from March to April.

Potato Museum with antique equipment at Schroeder's Farms

May 01, 2024

Patience, Persistence, Adaptability: The Schroeder Family’s Five Generations of Farming Legacy at Schroeder Brother’s Farms

The Schroeder Brother’s Farms in Antigo, Wisconsin, founded by Eric Schroeder’s family in 1879, has been around long enough to have its own potato museum on site.

Eepaf garantiza 3.400 toneladas de agroinsumos para producción de papa en cinco departamentos. (Cortesía: MDPyEP.)

April 30, 2024

Bolivia: empresa estatal garantiza suministro de agroinsumos

La Empresa Estrategica de Producción de Abonos y Fertilizantes apuesta al apoyo del sector productivo a través del suministro de insumos básicos.

April 30, 2024

Bangladesh Potato Prices Soar to Record Levels Despite Recent Harvest

High input cost and unfavorable weather hit potato output in Bangladesh, with late blight causing added damage.

April 29, 2024

España: Congreso de la Patata Nueva, optimismo y preocupación

Los profesionales de la patata reunidos en el sur de España parecen estar de acuerdo a dos puntos: la buena producción española, y el problema egipcio.

El Parque Papas ya cuenta en sus depósitos con el insumo con el que fertilizará el cultivo en la próxima campaña. Reducirá las emisiones de CO2 en 40% respecto a la fertilización tradicional.

April 29, 2024

Argentina: cultivo sustentable con huella de carbono ultra baja

El Parque papas recibió el fertilizante con el cual lograra reducir sus emisiones de carbono hasta en un 40%

OC Schulz & Sons - Potato Grading with high speed and consistent quality

April 29, 2024

How North Dakota based potato packer O.C. Schulz & Sons keeps its customers happy

'The customer is always right', that’s the motto of potato packer O.C. Schulz & Sons. This North Dakota company understands the importance of customer satisfaction and the act on it

April 22, 2024

Indian agricultural scientists develop innovative, eco-friendly wind operated insect trap to enhance pest control

A groundbreaking wind-operated aerial insect trap designed to revolutionize pest management in agriculture has been developed by a team of scientists at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) in Shimla.

Unveiling the Future of Potatoes and Sweet potatoes: How You Can Shape Breeding Decisions

April 22, 2024

Help shape the Future of Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes: CIP wants your input on breeding decisions

Are you ready to be a part of something groundbreaking? The future of potato and sweet potato breeding is in your hands, and your expertise can make all the difference.

April 18, 2024

España: producción temprana en el norte, demorada

En Galicia, España, las dificultades para con el cultivo temprano se mantienen firmes y los productores se preocupan por el futuro.

Bayer pilots unique generative AI tool for agriculture

April 17, 2024

Potato farming in Europe – Late Blight crisis in the making

It is not easy to be a potato farmer in Europe these days, and it may get even worse: To maintain the harvest, farmers need a sufficient number of highly efficient fungicides to cover a spray scheme for control of Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans).

April 17, 2024

Europatat and other Stakeholders raise concerns over proposed plant reproductive material amendments

Europatat is raising concerns about the draft report on Plant Reproductive Material (PRM) which is set for a vote in the European Parliament’s Plenary during the week of 22 April.