Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Bangladesh

Noviembre 25, 2010

Dealer punished for illegal storage of potato seeds

Authorities yesterday suspended the license of a Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) seed dealer in Rajshahi after they seized 118 sacks of 'illegal' potato seeds from his possession the previous night.

Noviembre 09, 2010

Massive plan for potato cultivation in Gaibandha (Bangladesh)

In Bangladesh, the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive plan to cultivate potato in all the seven Upazilas [subdistricts] of the district Gaibandha during the current Rabi [dry] season.

Octubre 30, 2010

Volatile supply from India may hit Bangladesh potato price

A 'volatile' supply from India and a bad crop this year may lead to an increase in potato prices in Bangladesh ahead of the season approaching Bakr Eid, a media report said.

Octubre 10, 2010

Bangladesh: higher incentives for potato export and support for potato processors urged

Bangladesh Cold Storage Association (BCSA) on Saturday urged the government to double the cash incentive from its current level of 10 percent to boost exports of the vegetable stored in 313 cold storages across the country.

Septiembre 19, 2010

Potato growers in Bangladesh face uncertainty despite bumper crop

Hundreds of thousands of potato growers in Bangladesh face uncertainty despite bumper production of this major cash crop in the current year

Septiembre 19, 2010

One million tonnes potato in storage in Bangladesh may remain unsold

Potato growers and traders in Bangladesh are apprehending that about one million (ten lakh) tonnes of stored potatoes may remain unsold this year in the country due to over production and less consumption ratio, reports BSS.

Septiembre 19, 2010

Un millón de toneladas de papa almacenadas podrían permanecer sin vender en Bangladesh

Productores y comerciantes de papa en Bangladesh temen que cerca de un millón de toneladas de tubérculos (10 lacs) puedan permanecer sin vender este año debido a la sobre producción y a una menor tasa de consumo, según la agencia de noticias BSS. La p...

Septiembre 02, 2010

Bangladesh eying increase in production of seed potatoes

The Ministry of Agriculture in Bangladesh is eying to increase the production of tuber crops, especially quality potato seeds and their preservation and distribution in a bid to ensure food security and thus alleviate poverty, reports UNB.

Abril 28, 2010

Potato growers in Rangpur (Bangladesh) protest and demand compensation from cold storage owners

Hundreds of farmers blocked roads in Dinajpur and Rangpur yesterday demanding compensation as thousands of bags of potatoes they kept in cold storage have rotten due to alleged negligence of the authorities. The affected farmers said the authorities ...

Febrero 17, 2010

Bangladesh mulls subsidising potato export to boost shipment, protect farmers

The government of Bangladesh has planned to subsidise potato export to boost its shipment after a bumper harvest saw cold storages teeming with the new crop and farmers worrying over major slide in prices, officials said Sunday.The move comes after pot...

Febrero 16, 2010

Bangladesh: encourage potato based industries

We came accross this Letter to the Editor (by Popy Sultana) in the Financial Express, a Bangladesh Newspaper. We include the letter here in PotatoPro, because the letter so rightfully stresses the stabilizing role of the potato processing industry on ...

Enero 21, 2010

Foggy weather dims potato prospect in Munshiganj (Bangladesh)

Over 40,000 farmers in Munshiganj (District in Bangladesh , see map) have cultivated potatoes this year, beating all records of potato acreage in the alluvial floodplains of the district. But farmers are daunted by persistent foggy weather in the last...

Enero 21, 2010

Potato growers in Bangladesh worried for lack of storage facility

A large number of small and marginal potato growers in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts are worried before harvesting the produce as they failed to book space for potato preservation in the local cold storages. Farmers have blamed 'nexus' [a link] ...

Abril 09, 2009

Potato prices double in two weeks in northern districts of Bangladesh

Potato price is galloping in Bangladesh northern districts as the production faced a setback in the region this year, the result of high fertilizer prices and late blight. A kilogram of potato is now selling in the retail markets at a rate double its...

Enero 19, 2009

Potato cultivation being hampered by blight in Jessore (Bangladesh)

Potato cultivators of the district Jessore have become frustrated due to widespread outbreak of leaf blight disease in potato fields.Department of Agricultural Extension sources said some 1000 hectares of potato fields have been affected with the disea...

Enero 02, 2009

Bangladesh not likely to achieve potato production targets in northern region

Bangladesh's Potato cultivation targets may not be achieved in 16 northern districts, including Rangpur-Dinajpur region, due to abnormal price hike of fertilizer and other agri-inputs this season.Farmers said they achieved bumper production last season...

Noviembre 17, 2008

Bangladesh looking for huge potato harvest

Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a record target of producing 58,99,250 tonnes of potato from 3,37,100 hectares of land during the current season in all 16 northern districts of the country. The fixed target is much higher than that ...

Junio 01, 2008

Potato oversupply in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi farmers produced a record eight million tonnes of potato in a year that has witnessed a steep fall in rice production caused by floods and a cyclone that hit last November. Facing a dual challenge of importing rice and saving the potato’s ...

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Cadena de Suministro de Papas

Dealer punished for illegal storage of potato seeds

Massive plan for potato cultivation in Gaibandha (Bangladesh)

Volatile supply from India may hit Bangladesh potato price

Bangladesh: higher incentives for potato export and support for potato processors urged

Potato growers in Bangladesh face uncertainty despite bumper crop

One million tonnes potato in storage in Bangladesh may remain unsold

Un millón de toneladas de papa almacenadas podrían permanecer sin vender en Bangladesh

Bangladesh eying increase in production of seed potatoes

Potato growers in Rangpur (Bangladesh) protest and demand compensation from cold storage owners

Bangladesh mulls subsidising potato export to boost shipment, protect farmers

Bangladesh: encourage potato based industries

Foggy weather dims potato prospect in Munshiganj (Bangladesh)

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