Farmers in Jumla find stable income in potato farming
三月 09, 2023

Farmers in Jumla, Nepal find a stable income in potato farming

Every morning, Rupa Khadka of Patarasi Rural Municipality-6 in Jumla, Nepal heads towards Khalanga, the district headquarters, with a doko of potatoes on her back.
Mukunda Ranjit recognized as the scientist who saved the potato for Nepal
二月 14, 2019

Mukunda Ranjit recognized as the scientist who saved the potato for Nepal

In Nepal, Mukunda Ranjit is recognized by the Kantipur Foundation as Kantipur Icon 2018 in the category Science and Technology for his work to make potatoes virus-free, pioneering this initiative in South Asia.
How to get your potatoes to a market - ANY market - in rural Nepal
七月 06, 2017

How to get your potatoes to a market - ANY market - in rural Nepal

Potato farmers in Jumla are overjoyed. Unlike other years, vendors are coming to Jumla - a remote area in Nepal with very limited road access - to buy potatoes from farmers. This means they don't have to walk a full day to sell a single sack of potatoes - at a low price...
Branding the 'Dolakha's Potato' raised demand, but winter drought cuts supply
十一月 07, 2016

Branding the 'Dolakha's Potato' raised demand, but winter drought cuts supply

Potato production in Dolakha - a district in Nepal severely affected by the 2015 earthquakes - has dropped sharply this year due to a prolonged winter drought.The drop in output has occurred when farmers in the district had been preparing to brand their products.
La comunidad científica se une para combatir al tizón tardío de la papa
十一月 24, 2014

La comunidad científica se une para combatir al tizón tardío de la papa

Primero fue Europa y los Estados Unidos. Le siguió Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Esta semana lo hizo Asia y próximamente África. Los investigadores de todo el mundo están formando redes para combatir al tizón tardío, una de las enfermedades más devastadoras de la papa. Conozca cuáles son y que están haciendo para liberar al mundo del flagelo.
十二月 13, 2010

Farmers in Kanchanpur (Nepal) get free seed potatoes

Potato seed was provided to farmers in Kanchanpur district free of cost to attract them towards commercial potato farming.
十月 20, 2009

Potato Prices in Nepal rise 50%, food supply endangered

In Nepal, the price of potato has increased by 50 per cent over the past one year, musuro by 30 per cent, black gram by 21 per cent, rice by three per cent and wheat flour by six per cent. The price of cooking oil has, however, reduced — by around 15 p...
四月 13, 2009

Nepal's potato consumption near twice world average

Per capita availability of potatoes in Nepal has crossed the world average due to a sharp rise in production over the past one and a half decades, officials said. The Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives (MoAC) stated that the production of potato...

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