"The world's potato needs are very high".
A man of consensus, a strong advocate and believer in acting as a whole, Moya took over the presidency of the CNIPT at the end of 2022. What are the implications of the fact that Europe is

Sicilian new potatoes - production deficit due to climate change
The Sicilian new potato season started a few weeks ago. Davide Prietto Batturi's company from Syracuse is among the businesses that specialize in this product. The area is known as "Terre Rosse"

Georgia imports the highest volumes of seed potatoes in eight years
EastFruit reviews Georgian trade data with seed potatoes. As reported earlier by EastFruit, many local farmers have switched to onions for the new season as in the last season the onions from the

"Asparagus Lover Potatoes are a true spring classic"
Pentecost is approaching in the Netherlands, so it is time for Jac van den Oord Potatoes to bring extra attention to its spring classic: Asparagus Lover Potatoes. "Every year, when the asparagus

Weather delays potato planting in the UK
Wet weather has pushed potato planting more than two weeks behind schedule for many growers across the UK. For instance, Peter and Euan Grewar, who grow a huge 650ha area of potatoes in northern

Eosta shifts to Brazil and US for organic sweet potatoes
Nearing the end of the European sweet potato season, a decline in high-quality organic volumes from producers in Europe has encouraged Dutch organic specialist Eosta to act earlier in switching to

Retail sales fell for a second year in a row
In 2022, 425 million kg of fresh fruits and 439 million kg of fresh vegetables were sold in the Swiss retail sector. Thus, retail sales fell for a second year in a row, but were still above those

GfK Consumer Index: Sales development O+G and potatoes no longer lag behind the overall market
For the first time in quite some time, the development of sales of fresh fruit/vegetables/potatoes in March 2023 did not lag behind the market as a whole, but was even above average at plus twelve

Ukrainian supermarkets lowered prices on potatoes, beets and garlic
In early April, Ukrainian supermarkets lowered prices on some types of vegetables. Young potatoes went down from 0.71 euros/kg to 0.43 euros/kg. Pink potatoes also decreased in price. White

Kazakhstan's government has considered complex measures to control inflation
A meeting of the Kazakhstan government, chaired by Prime Minister Alihan Smailov, was devoted to discussing a complex of measures to control and reduce inflation for 2023-2024. These measures

"We have a good production and calibers of early potatoes from Murcia and we foresee crop reduction in Andalusia"
Sales in the potato market are currently marked by the low supply and high prices, which have led to a drop in consumption. In the south of Spain, the acreage for this year's spring campaign has

Apofruit, new projects on potatoes, fennel and carrots
Apofruit Italia, a fruit and vegetable growers' co-operative with over 2,700 members that markets 100% Made in Italy products worldwide, Canova S.r.l. for organic products and Mediterraneo Group,

‘Seed potato exports to resume to NI in autumn’
According to Minister of State at Defra Lord Benyon, new requirements will allow Scottish seed potatoes back into the Northern Irish market from autumn this year. Following the Windsor Framework,

"International operators are actively looking for Spanish frozen fruit"
In the current context of inflation and declining consumption, the frozen format is proving to be one of the least affected. And while the latest consumption data shared by the Ministry of

Looking for new French producers to increase volumes of green asparagus
The fresh vegetable division of the Arterris cooperative covers two French regions: Occitania and PACA, which represent about 50,000 tons of production (carrots, turnips, black radishes,

"If you can't irrigate, you may as well stop growing onions"
In the Netherlands, the final weeks of the old onion season's harvest have begun at Meir Onions & Potatoes. "We still have some stock, but that will have run out in about three weeks. We can then

Gene-editing may lead to weather-resilient potatoes to be ready by 2025
A gene-editing potato project aims to boost the rate of photosynthesis in potato crops to promote yield, water use efficiency and drought tolerance. The project is known as PhotoBoost; it focuses

Potato movement a “variety game”
It’s all about the varieties right now. That’s what Ken Gad of Cambridge Farms Inc. Says is spurring the movement of potatoes in the market today. Russets: “People are very concerned with

More and more exotic fruits and vegetables grown in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bananas, mandarin orange, peanuts, South American potatoes and other exotic vegetables and fruits have been found more and more often on farms throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent

Early potatoes in Uzbekistan fell in price by more than twice in two weeks
As EastFruit wrote earlier, the first large batches of early potatoes of the new crop became available on the wholesale markets of Uzbekistan’s capital in the first ten days of April, about

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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Strengthening and expanding potato cultivation
"Germany is the largest potato producer in Europe, with around 260,000 ha of cultivation area, which is roughly the size of Saarland, and 11.3 million tonnes of harvested tubers in 2021, and ranks

Egypt: Import permits for seed potatoes open for limited time
Last week, the Central Authority of Plant Quarantine in Egypt announced that the door for import permits for seed potatoes will be open only from 15th of April to 15th of May. According to

Vegetable prices rise sharply in Azerbaijan
Vegetable prices in Azerbaijan, including tomatoes, onions, and potatoes, have risen sharply recently. Farmers attribute the price increase to the sharp rise in the cost of fertilizers and

President Erdoğan refutes rising cost of living problem in Türkiye
During a rally that was held yesterday in Denizli province, Turkish president Erdoğan has denied there is an ‘expensive onion, potato or cucumber problem’ in the country. The president argued