News on The Potato Supply Chain from Africa

Mozambique lanzó siete nuevas variedades de papa, obtenidas por el programa de mejoramiento del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), como parte de un esfuerzo por mejorar la seguridad alimentaria y mitigar la pobreza del país. Mozambique importa actu...

Plans are underway to start breeding drought resistant potato varieties to curb food shortage. Players in potato farming who were meeting at Oljoro Orok Farmers Training Centre in Nyandarua West district observed that available potato varieties are onl...

Researchers in South Africa have completed a classification system for potatoes based on the textural attributes of the most popular varieties grown and consumed in that country.

In Kenya, Potato farmers and traders are bracing for lower returns after a bumper harvest prompted a price crash, easing consumer anxiety over the rising cost of living compounded by a shortage of maize.

Egypt and Russia have agreed to resume Egyptian potato imports to Russia starting with the next season, according to Egyptian Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abul Hadid.

A New Brunswick potato farmer who has been detained in Lebanon for more than 40 days is being improperly held on an international criminal warrant at the request of the Algerian government, according to his lawyer Rodney Gillis.

The International Potato Center (CIP) operates a network of offices in 30 countries. Using this network, CIP.distributes (potato) plants to local farmers and adds new breeds to its library.

Er heerst opluchting in de pootgoedhandel. De export op Noord-Afrika en Egypte is zo goed als gedaan en heeft hierdoor geen belemmeringen ondervonden in verband met de onrust in deze gebieden.

El maíz es la comida favorita en Kenia. A sus habitantes les encanta. Sin embargo, los investigadores están buscando la forma de cambiar ese hábito. Por eso el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) y el Instituto de Investigación Agrícola de Kenia (KAR...

Victor Otazu, a aeroponic specialist with the International Potato Center, tends to some aeroponic potato plants in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyans love to eat maize. It's the country's favorite food. But researchers at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institu...

De aardappeloogst in Algerije in 2010 groeide met 20% t.o.v. 2009. Rachid Benaissa, minister van landbouw geeft aan dat men in 2010 een volume van 3,2 miljoen bereikte.

The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kari) has introduced a new farming technology for breeding multiple disease free potato tubers in a bid to achieve a widespread take-off in productivity for the country’s potato farmers.

Vegetable traders and vendors in Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) are fuming over the ban on South African potatoes

The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kari) is testing new potato varieties ahead of a planned release next April for mid- and high-altitude regions.

A potato shortage in South Africa has led to potato prices in Namibia shooting up by 25 per cent over the last week. Another 25 per cent price hike is expected this week.Namibia imports more than 70 per cent of the potatoes consumed locally.Norbert Shi...

Sudáfrica se ha visto afectada por la escasez de papa en todo el país debido a las adversas condiciones climáticas que afectan la oferta, calidad y precios de la papa congelada. "Las fuertes lluvias que se produjeron a principios del 2010, ocasio...

South Africa has been hit by a countrywide potato shortage due to adverse climactic conditions which will affect supply, quality and pricing of frozen potato products.

South African consumers might have to pay more for potatoes due to recent frost damage as the harvest season gets under way next month.The industry lost 25 000 tons of potatoes during the mid-June cold snap.But Potatoes South Africa said the upward adj...