News on Potato Defects and Diseases from Nigeria

Biotech-Potato Harvest at the CFT site in Kuru, near Jos. (courtesy: AATF)
December 20, 2022
Nigeria harvests first batch of biotech-potatoes
Elder Isaiah Buwah is growing potatoes for forty years in the Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. Having seen the impact from late blight first hand, he truly enjoyed the harvest of the first batch of - resistant - biotech potatoes.
Mustapha Baba Shehuri, minister of state for agriculture and rural development: 'Nigeria will be among world’s top three potato producers by 2025'
November 23, 2021
Nigeria wants to be among the top three potato producers in the world by 2025
Mustapha Baba Shehuri, minister of state for agriculture and rural development, says Nigeria will be among the world’s top three potato producing countries by 2025.

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