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Poland’s Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development informed the EU commission that it will introduce mandatory country of origin labelling for potatoes. The request, which was made on 14th November, […]
Fri 21/12/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The world’s largest potato producer, China, is seeing its farmers shift to corn as a result of low potato prices. Accounting for around 25% of global fresh potato production, China’s […]
Mon 12/11/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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North-Western Europe potato harvest estimated at 24 million tons The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) estimate the coming season’s harvest will be down 18% from last year’s. This volume will […]
Thu 20/09/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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This year’s edition of PotatoEurope 2018 will offer visitors the chance to learn about practical solutions for organic potato cultivation. In total, more than 220 companies from the fields of […]
Mon 10/09/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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With the on-going sanctions limiting Russia’s imports, the country is reshaping its domestic potato production so that the country no longer has to rely on the world to provide its […]
Wed 23/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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India’s Potato Mission appears to have been a disappointing failure. The government initiative, launched in 2014, aimed at obtaining self-sufficiency in tuber production and storage capacity within three years. However, […]
Thu 17/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Production data released by Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture reveals that the 2017 tomato harvest was slightly up on the 2016 volumes (+1.4%). “Summer” tomato production (June- September harvest) increased by […]
Mon 12/03/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Russia imported 530,000 ton of potato in January- August 2017, of double of the same period of 2016. At the same time, the import of 2016 was 2 times less […]
Wed 14/02/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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On Thursday 9 November Agrico opened its annual varieties and seedling show at its breeding and research centre Agrico Research in Bant. The varieties show attracted many interested national and […]
Tue 14/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Having stopped off in Belgium, France and the Netherlands in recent years, PotatoEurope will be coming to Germany in 2018. The European potato industry’s main event will feature the entire […]
Mon 13/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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On Thursday 14 September, Agrico participated in a rainy Potato Europe in Emmeloord. Agrico celebrated its latest results together with the affiliated growers at this leading international trade fair, held […]
Thu 14/09/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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The total consumption potato area in North-Western Europe, the NEPG area, has been estimated upon 578.821 ha, which is 4.6% more than last year and 8.3% more than the 5 […]
Thu 20/07/2017 by Richard WIlkinson
