News on The Potato Supply Chain from Ethiopia

Solynta and PepsiCo Partner to Bring Hybrid Potato Seeds to Ethiopian Farmers
March 02, 2023

Solynta and PepsiCo Partner to Bring Hybrid Potato Seeds to Ethiopian Farmers

Solynta and PepsiCo’s Ethiopia-based Foods Unit, Senselet Food Processing PLC (Senselet), have launched a project to introduce hybrid true potato seeds (HTPS) to Ethiopia.
Ethiopian farmers help researchers select potato varieties that the market demands (Courtesy: CIP)
May 29, 2019

Ethiopian farmers help researchers select potato varieties that the market demands

Potato is important to food security and a cash crop in Ethiopia with high potential to improve the livelihoods of small-scale farmers, who account for 83% of the total population and hold 95% of agricultural land.
Potatoes prevent food crisis in Ethiopia and restore 'dignity and hope'
April 24, 2019

Potatoes prevent food crisis in Ethiopia and restore 'dignity and hope'

Irish potatoes have prevented another major humanitarian food crisis in one of the poorest and most remote parts of Ethiopia, according to aid organization Concern Worldwide.
Cómo combatir las 200 enfermedades causadas por alimentos nocivos
February 15, 2019

Cómo combatir las 200 enfermedades causadas por alimentos nocivos

La inocuidad alimentaria se perfila como un desafío internacional para evitar 420.000 muertes y 600 millones de casos de enfermedades al año en el mundo.
The potential of hybrid potato cultivars in East Africa
May 02, 2017

The potential of hybrid potato cultivars in East Africa

The Food & Business Knowledge Platform - a knowledge platforms focused on food security initiated by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs - supported a fact-finding mission in East Africa to explore the potential of the usage of hybrid true potato seeds (TPS) for this region
African Potato Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia features a roundtable for the private sector
October 03, 2016

African Potato Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia features a roundtable for the private sector

World Potato Congress (WPC) will be facilitating a roundtable for the private sector during the African Potato Congress in October, which will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
 Freshly dug up potato plant Ethiopia (Wageningen UR)
October 23, 2013

Ethiopia's poor turn to potatoes in quest for food security

Dessie Zuria is one of the most critically food insecure districts in Ethiopia. High altitude forced farmers to grow a single staple – barley. However, the previously unknown potato is helping to transform the lives of thousands of the poorest farmers.
 Semagn-Asredie Kolech with Ethiopian farmers
May 21, 2013

Potato may help feed Ethiopia in era of climate change

Semagn-Asredie Kolech, a Cornell doctoral candidate in the field of horticulture, studies the potato and bridges the tradition of Ethiopian farming with the modernity of agricultural science.

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