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$120m potato farm, processing plant underway in northwest Nigeria

A $120 million (U.S.) potato farm and processing plant is underway in Kaduna state in northwest Nigeria. The Vicampro Potato Farm and processing facility...

Breakthrough ‘Spud’ Offers Canadians Important Health Benefits

Health-conscious food lovers now have more choice in the produce aisles, with the arrival of the Carisma potato from EarthFresh Farms. New to Canada...

Manitoba potato harvest in full swing

Manitoba potato harvest is in full swing, and according to Vikram Bisht, plant pathologist, Potato and Horticultural Crops with Manitoba Agriculture, seven-day accumulated disease...

CIP MARKS 45 YEARS OF GLOBAL RESEARCH, INNOVATION

Nearly half a century ago, when the International Potato Center (CIP) was founded, potato collectors in remote regions of Central America traveled for “weeks...

Potato plantings increase 2.8 per cent in Ireland

The area of potatoes planted in Ireland is up 2.8 per cent year-on-year, from 8,500ha to 8,800ha, the latest figures (for June 2016) from...

Poor potato harvest could drive Dutch farmers out of business

Dutch potato farmers face going out of business if the worst fears about this year’s poor crop are realized, industry observers have warned. The combination...

$120m potato farm, processing plant underway in northwest Nigeria

A $120 million (U.S.) potato farm and processing plant is underway in Kaduna state in northwest Nigeria. The Vicampro Potato Farm and processing facility...

Breakthrough ‘Spud’ Offers Canadians Important Health Benefits

Health-conscious food lovers now have more choice in the produce aisles, with the arrival of the Carisma potato from EarthFresh Farms. New to Canada...

Manitoba potato harvest in full swing

Manitoba potato harvest is in full swing, and according to Vikram Bisht, plant pathologist, Potato and Horticultural Crops with Manitoba Agriculture, seven-day accumulated disease...

CIP MARKS 45 YEARS OF GLOBAL RESEARCH, INNOVATION

Nearly half a century ago, when the International Potato Center (CIP) was founded, potato collectors in remote regions of Central America traveled for “weeks...

Potato plantings increase 2.8 per cent in Ireland

The area of potatoes planted in Ireland is up 2.8 per cent year-on-year, from 8,500ha to 8,800ha, the latest figures (for June 2016) from...

Poor potato harvest could drive Dutch farmers out of business

Dutch potato farmers face going out of business if the worst fears about this year’s poor crop are realized, industry observers have warned. The combination...