Potato News from Ethiopia

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CIP representatives showcase potato and sweetpotato innovations at ASIF 2026 in Addis Ababa, highlighting advances in crop improvement, biofortification, seed systems and sustainable agrifood solutions across Africa.
November 08, 2026
CIP Showcases Potato and Sweetpotato Innovations at Africa Science & Innovation Forum 2026
CIP showcases potato and sweetpotato innovations at ASIF 2026 in Addis Ababa (27–29 October), highlighting quality seeds, biofortification and climate-smart agriculture to boost food security and livelihoods across Africa.
Potato cooperatives in Ethiopia are recovering from conflict, using improved seed, training and partnerships to restore production and strengthen food security.
March 22, 2026
Ethiopia potato cooperatives rebuild after conflict with focus on resilience and growth
Ethiopia potato cooperatives are rebuilding after conflict, with farmers in Tigray and the Gamo Zone using improved seed, training and finance to restore production and strengthen food security.
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.
Senselet sells potato chips in a range of different flavours, mostly in large Ethiopian cities.
November 04, 2022
PepsiCo invests USD 40 million in its Senselet Snack Business in Ethiopia
PepsiCo is finalising an investment proposal of approximately USD 40 million (ETB 2 billion) to expand its Senselet snacks business in Ethiopia, and is considering the possibility of further investments in the country.
Senselet sells potato chips in a range of different flavours, mostly in large Ethiopian cities.
January 12, 2020
Pepsico becomes major shareholder in Ethiopian Potato Chips company Senselet
PepsiCo joins Veris as a major shareholder in Senselet Food Processing Plc in Ethiopia. Senselet, founded in 2015, today has a leading market position in Ethiopia with its SUN Chips brand that is being produced from locally sourced potatoes.
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.
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Potato farmer Ahimed Ali Mahamed - one of the farmers supported by charity organization Concern Worldwide - shows off his potato crop.
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.
Una mujer con gorro blanco y delantal en el mercado de vegetales de Addis Abeba
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.
Potato seedlings grown from true potato seed
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
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World Potato Congress will be facilitating a roundtable for the private sector during the African Potato Congress in October, which will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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.
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Potatoes in the field
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.
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Potato may help feed Ethiopia in era of climate change
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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