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Potatoes New Zealand, the industry's governing body has made a commitment to ensure the quality of potatoes imported from New Zealand by Fiji will be of top quality.

Villagers of the Districts of Yawe and Tavuki (in the province Kadavu, Fiji) heard that the government was promoting potato farming in a select few provinces of Fiji and that Kadavu was one of them.

In Fiji, the Ministry of Agriculture is working closely with farmers around the country who are interested in potato farming. This year will be the first year farmers will be planting the locally obtained seeds.

On Fiji, planting season for potatoes has begun in the Western division.

Almost 70 new varieties of potato and sweet potato will soon be available to Pacific Island countries and territories, to improve food security across the region.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Fiji has plans to source potato seed materials for the Red Pontiac variety from Australia as it continues its efforts to boost local production.

Potato harvesting has begun in the Western Division of Fiji and the government is hoping for around $1.7 million worth of potatoes.

Fiji Potato farmers did not reach the target for this season. There are many reasons potato farmers did not reach the estimated target for this season says Senior Agriculture Officer - Adriano Tabualevu. Tabualevu says they targeted 1330 tonnes of po...

Another potato harvesting season has started this month on Fiji and will continue till the end of October. 142 farmers were engaged in planting 117 hectares and they will be harvesting about 760 tons for this year’s crop. Agriculture Director of Exte...

The Commerce Commission has reduced the price of Potatoes and Onions effective from last Friday.

Full scale local potato production in Fiji will become a reality in three years' time, according to permanent secretary for Agriculture Colonel Mason Smith.

The lack of rain in the Kavanagasau area on Fiji has affected potato farms in the area and many farmers fear losing their crops. A Kavanagasau farmer Jagar Nadan Naidu says they have requested for water pumps from the Agriculture Department.Naidu says ...

FIJI will soon be reducing the amount of potatoes imported into the country if a potato planting scheme introduced yesterday becomes successful.And chips manufacturer Flour Mills of Fiji has assured it would work closely with farmers to use the locally...

Fiji has stopped importing potatoes from New Zealand because of a bacteria, says Quarantine director Hiagi Foraete. He said the Fiji Quarantine Department was consulting with their New Zealand bio security counterparts about the bacteria which was fou...