News on The Potato Supply Chain from Bangladesh

May 16, 2008

Bangladesh: Potatoes rotting in storage due to erratic power

Erratic power supply and low voltage are hampering the smooth operations of cold storage facility, destroying a significant amount of the produce. “My cold storage requires between 380 and 440 voltage to run smoothly but I also take the risk of runnin...
May 15, 2008

Bangladesh tells its people to “Think potato, grow potato and eat potato,”

Dhaka: Potatoes are not high on the menu for Bangladesh’s 140 million people, but a surge in rice and wheat prices has prompted the government to popularize the humble spud as a substitute food.   “Think potato, grow potato and eat potato,” was the ma...
May 08, 2008

Bangladesh holds potato fair to popularize it as staple food

The Bangladeshi caretaker government has arranged a three-day mega potato fair in capital Dhaka with companies and hotels showcasing recipes to popularizes the vegetable as a top food item to ease pressure off the main staple rice. The country's first ...
May 06, 2008

Bangladesh launched campaign to popularise potato

Bangladesh, in a frantic bid to reduce dependence of its 114mn populace on rice, has launched a campaign to popularise potato as a nutritious food but plans not to replace rice with it as the staple.The campaign was kicked off as a bumper potato produc...
April 24, 2008

Potato rots in Chandpur cold storages as overloading raises temperature

A huge amount of potato is rotting at several cold storages in Chandpur Sadar, Matlab, Hajiganj, and Kochua upazilas, said affected potato growers, traders and middlemen.About 1,500 potato growers, traders and middlemen who stored their potatoes at Pa...
Bangladeshi army is ordered to march on potatoes rather than rice
April 21, 2008

Bangladeshi army is ordered to march on potatoes rather than rice

When the order came down from the top brass of Bangladesh's armed forces it sounded like a joke. Some of the soldiers and sailors who were told that from now on their daily rations would include increased servings of potatoes almost certainly did not ...
April 17, 2008

Bangladesh: CS Karim, Moeen recommend more potato intake

Agriculture adviser CS Karim and army chief Moeen U Ahmed Wednesday urged people to build a habit of eating more potato to cut pressure on rice as the core food.General Moeen said: "The country witnessed five natural calamities in the past five ye...
March 19, 2008

Bangladesh: Farmers at a fix with bumper potato yield

A bumper potato production in eight northern districts of Bangladesh has compelled farmers to preserve the item in their indigenous methods as the total output far surpassed the capacity of cold storages.   Officials of Agriculture Extension Department...
January 03, 2008

Blight dashes potato farmers's hope in Northern Bangladesh

Farmers' hopes to recover flood losses by cultivating potato may be shattered as vast areas of potato fields in Nilphamari are attacked with 'early blight' and 'late blight' diseases due to dense fog and chilly cold.With expectations of good prices fro...

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