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Krunch potato chips has to change logo and packaging after complaint by Simba
February 10, 2016

Krunch potato chips has to change logo and packaging after complaint by Simba

The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) partially upheld Simba’s complaint against Krunch potato chips
Drought in South Africa pushes potato prices to the highest level ever
February 07, 2016

Drought in South Africa pushes potato prices to the highest level ever

Drought and hot conditions since September 2015 have a negative impact on yields in almost all the potato production regions in South Africa. Currently market prices are at the highest levels ever, while potato stock levels are at record low levels.
Uganda field trial shows extreme resistance to late blight by GM potato
January 31, 2016

Uganda field trial shows extreme resistance to late blight by GM potato

In Uganda, a series of field trials began in 2015 to assess whether twelve highly resistant GM plants of the ‘Desiree’ and local ‘Victoria’ variety provided by the International Potato Center CIP offer a durable resistance to late blight
Call for tenders: feasibility study potato processing in Cameroon
March 13, 2015

Call for tenders: feasibility study potato processing in Cameroon

The Cameroonian Ministry of Industry has just issued a call for tenders to hire a research firm to conduct a technical, institutional and financial study on behalf of the government to create a potato-processing project for Kumbo in the North-West region.
Nyandarua county in Kenya
July 16, 2014

CIP and GIZ jointly invest in potato project in Nyandarua County, Kenya

Nyandarua county in Kenya will benefit from an investment in a potato project that will involve large-scale production, processing and marketing.
The Opening of Kerry's New Regional Development & Application Centre in Durban, South Africa
May 15, 2014

Kerry Opens New Regional Development & Application Centre in Durban, South Africa

Kerry, the global ingredients & flavours and consumer foods group, today opened a new Kerry Regional Development & Application Centre in Durban, South Africa.
<em>Edit News</em> Mass food production fuels growth in the US$4 billion Middle East &amp; African flexible packaging market
December 17, 2013

Mass food production fuels growth in the US$4 billion Middle East & African flexible packaging market

A new report from PCI Films Consulting forecasts that flexible packaging demand in the Middle East and Africa will grow by around 5% p.a. over the next five years as confidence in the region’s growing economy encourages inward investment and greater em...
 Tolsma grisnich group kisima farm project
November 04, 2013

Tolsma-Grisnich Group constructs modern seed potato storage in Kenya

The recently published LEI/WUR report ‘The value chain for seed and ware potatoes in Kenya’ emphasises the importance of conditioned storage for the continuous availability of certified seed potatoes.
 McCain Foods South Africa Foodservice website
October 30, 2013

McCain Foods South Africa launches new website to serve the Food Service industry

In response to the need in the South African foodservice industry for a source of online business information that is convenient, credible, reliable and on-trend, McCain Foods (SA) Foodservice Division has launched a brand new website.
 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.
 Kenya
September 30, 2013

Report: The value chain for seed and ware potatoes in Kenya

Potato in Kenya is an important food crop, second to maize. In 2011 the Dutch and Kenyan government agreed to support an initiative to support seed potato development in Kenya in order to increase yields and enhance food security.
August 20, 2013

West Africa: More Yield with better seed potatoes

Potatoes supply more calories than grain, many vitamins and minerals and are an important source of income for the growers in the rural areas of West Africa. Therefore the German development assistance initiates production of potatoes in areas of famine.
 Late blight
July 28, 2013

Ugandan scientists to start trials on GM potato for resistance against blight

Scientists in Uganda will soon start confined trials of genetically modified strains of Irish potato designed to be resistant to Phytophthora infestans, the fungus that causes potato blight, now devastating the crop in the west of the country.
 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.
 Anne Njoroge
March 13, 2013

Phytophthora infestans KE-1 is spreading rapidly across East Africa

Njoroge is studying a new lineage of Phytophthora infestans called KE-1 that is spreading rapidly across East Africa.
 UN dinner of rejected vegetables
February 26, 2013

World leaders feast on Kenyan foodstuff rejected by UK supermarkets.

Cutting food waste went a notch higher on Tuesday evening as world ministers were treated to a feast of Kenyan foodstuff rejected by UK supermarkets.
 Andre Jooste
February 11, 2013

Potatoes South Africa: the way forward

Prof André Jooste recently took over as CEO of Potatoes South Africa (PSA), after nearly six years at the National Agriculture Marketing Council (NAMC). He spoke to Robyn Joubert of Farmers Weekly (South Africa) about his vision for the future.
January 30, 2013

African Agricultural Capital Fund (AACF, Pearl Capital Partners) invests in Midlands Limited

Pearl Capital Partners (Pearl) has recently concluded an investment of KSh 200 million (US$ 2,300,000) in the Kenyan potato processor Midlands Limited through the African Agricultural Capital Fund (AACF).

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