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June 01, 2025
Securing the Future of the Potato: Global Strategies for Food Security, Sustainability, and Crop Diversity
The potato feeds over a billion people but faces disease and limited diversity. Investing in research, breeding, and farmer support is vital to improve resilience and productivity, ensuring it remains a key staple for global food security.
May 03, 2023
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.
April 25, 2023
FieldView and xFarm Technologies partner up to help farmers make better use of their farm data
FieldView and xFarm Technologies announced a new partnership to connect their respective platforms.
August 08, 2022
La FAO impulsará el mapeo de nutrientes del suelo en Centroamérica y África subsahariana
Una contribución de USD 20 millones de parte de los Estados Unidos de América catalizará un uso más eficiente de los fertilizantes. Los fondos se utilizarán principalmente para realizar mapas específicos de nutrientes del suelo para sistematizar y mejorar los mapas de suelos existentes.
July 11, 2022
Harvesting early and yields below average for La Patata dal Cuore Veneto in Italy
The main obstacle in this area is drought, as it rained very little in the winter making the potato harvest particularly difficult and costly, further affecting production costs that are already 30% higher than they used to be.
June 17, 2021
Italy: High temperatures and continuous irrigation for the Potato of Bologna PDO
This year the cultivation area of the Bologna PDO grew by 17 percent, from 419 to 489 hectares, also thanks to the good prices obtained in the last two years. Sponsored Content
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April 20, 2021
Mimmo Bellipario: 'Nuestras patatas tardías del sur de Italia son un producto de nicho apreciado en el exterior'
La patata tardía italiana es un producto de nicho, con volúmenes limitados de unas 40 toneladas, que sin embargo encuentra admiradores en el extranjero, y en particular en Francia y Bélgica, donde reside una clientela fiel.
July 02, 2019
CIP Trustee Elected Head Of Un Agriculture Agency
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced on 23 June 2019 that Qu Dongyu has been elected its new Director-General.
May 17, 2019
Italian potato consortium increasingly working together
The Emilia Romagna potato segment is finally working as a system as Consorzio Patata Italiana di Qualità l'Op regionale Agripat and Consorzio Patata di Bologna Dop organised a collective stand at Macfrut.