News on The Potato Supply Chain

Bihar Government launches Lady Rosetta Potato Expansion Scheme offering farmers 75% subsidy for chips & French fries variety. Applications open till Jan 15, 2026 across 17 districts, boosting farmers’ income and high-value potato cultivation.

The National Potato Council voted to urge USTR to launch a Section 332 investigation into Canadian potato trade practices, citing decades-old restrictions in British Columbia and concerns over subsidies harming U.S. growers.

Sandip Thakker, Founder of SK Group, was honoured as 'Pioneer of Potato Export' at GPS 2025 for building export-ready infrastructure, contract farming, cold-chain systems and positioning India as a global, value-added potato supplier.

One of the standout highlights of the first day of the Global Potato Summit 2025 was the Indian Potato Industry Excellence Awards, a platform created to honor leadership, innovation and impact across India’s potato value chain.

Fyllo partners with HyFarm to bring IoT-based precision farming to India’s potato growers, offering real-time soil, climate insights and predictive advisories to boost quality, sustainability and profitability across the potato value chain.

El agro brasileño comienza el año con siembras dinámicas y buenas perspectivas, sostenido por tecnología y productividad pese a los riesgos climáticos, con una papa en expansión en Paraná y precios estables bajo un marco de mayor eficiencia y modernización.

El mercado brasileño de la papa atraviesa un ajuste marcado por menor superficie, presión de importaciones y márgenes estrechos, pero sostenido por una fuerte productividad que permite mantener la viabilidad y proyectar un 2026 de cautela y eficiencia.

Mientras Bruselas destaca los beneficios comerciales y la reducción de aranceles para exportaciones agroalimentarias, agricultores y ganaderos anuncian movilizaciones y bloqueos ante el riesgo que el pacto supone para sus explotaciones.

Jason O’Leary, a potato grower from Blackwater, Co. Wexford, has been elected Chair of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) Potato Committee, which represents potato growers within Ireland’s largest farming organisation.

Embrapa has introduced the BRS F21 potato cultivar to meet the needs of growers and the processing industry. The variety combines high yield potential, disease resistance and strong frying performance, particularly for chips and shoestring potatoes.

GreenFay Foods has been featured in Potato Processing India (Nov 2025) for transforming India’s potato supply chain. Led by Fulchand Kachchhawa, the company integrates 6,000+ farmers, cold storage, processing and value-added potato flakes sytem.

Germany’s potato industry calls for urgent research and coordinated measures against the spreading reed glasswinged leafhopper to protect cultivation, jobs, and regional economic strength.

Scientists decoded a haplotype-resolved potato genome and GWAS of 141 accessions, identifying StTST2, a tonoplast sugar transporter. StTST2 boosts photosynthesis, sugar accumulation, source–sink transport, and tuber yield via interaction with SUT2.

DLG Benelux has officially changed its name to DLG Markets Benelux, effective immediately. The rebranding aligns with DLG International’s transition to DLG Markets and reinforces the organization’s focus on serving global and regional agri-food markets.1

Más de 15 mil hectáreas sembradas solamente en Sinaloa preocupa al sector por una eventual sobre oferta cuando llegue la cosecha.

A massive protest by potato farmers on Monday brought traffic to a standstill on the Sadiya main road, as cultivators demanded fair prices for their produce and the creation of a proper market system.

Enfrentando un escenario de posible sobre oferta local, la importación de papa desde Estados Unidos se convierte en una amenaza mayúscula para el sector productivo local.

Fruit Logistica 2026 (4–6 Feb, Berlin) brings the global fresh fruit industry together with six expert stages, 200 speakers and multilingual talks, covering markets, farming, technology, logistics and future innovation.