Seed potatoes

April 13, 2023 | News

Potato cooperative Agrico celebrates 50th anniversary

On April 2^nd it was exactly fifty years ago that Dutch potato cooperative Agrico was founded. To celebrate this anniversary, the company will organize various events for growers, members, buyers and employees throughout the year. During these festivities, the company will reflect on the theme ‘With heart and soil. Committed to the next generation’, in…

March 31, 2023 | News

Dutch companies envision more sustainable Indian potato value chains

In a recent news release, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality reports that (Indo-)Dutch companies believe they can help establish more sustainable value chains for potato farmers who are struggling to get remunerative prices in certain regions of India.

March 21, 2023 | News

Consortium offers Kenyan potato farmers access to inputs, finance and markets

Potato farmers in Kenya’s Nyandarua county will benefit from the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by a consortium supporting the local potato supply chain, AgricoPSA reports. The producer of Kenyan certified seed potatoes declares the signing of the MoU in Nyandarua county earlier this month as an important milestone in establishing the…

March 21, 2023 | Articles

GEO4A maps seed potato harvest in time

The earlier the yield, and the earlier the quality of the seed potato yields of all growers are known, the more efficient the sales and the marketing will be. This will all eventually benefit the pay-out. At least, that is the aim of seed potato trading merchant Den Hartigh from Emmeloord. Since the start of…

March 21, 2023 | Articles

High demand for low-input varieties

To inform visitors about the field of participants at the international Potato Variety Days 2022 in Emmeloord and its surrounding area, PotatoWorld magazine prepared a useful e-book in advance. The editors asked all those who downloaded the free digital book what topics they find most important when it comes to breeding the potato varieties of…

March 21, 2023 | Articles

HZPC wants to waste no time

During the 2022 HZPC Potato Days, the trading house organised a webinar on the challenges in the field of food security and sustainability, now and in the future. And how the potato sector can make an important contribution to this, because according to the company, there is no time to lose.