Potato News from Africa

South Africa has been hit by a countrywide potato shortage due to adverse climactic conditions which will affect supply, quality and pricing of frozen potato products.

South African consumers might have to pay more for potatoes due to recent frost damage as the harvest season gets under way next month.The industry lost 25 000 tons of potatoes during the mid-June cold snap.But Potatoes South Africa said the upward adj...

Kisoro district (Uganda) is to get tea and Irish potato processing factories. President Yoweri Museveni made the pledge on Tuesday during a Prosperity-for-All campaign tour in the district.   Kisoro is the biggest producer of Irish potatoes in the coun...

It might be news to some, but Namibia is able to grow about 30 percent of its potato requirement. Six years ago, Namibia used to produce only five percent of the potatoes consumed locally. About 70 percent of potatoes are still sourced and imported fr...

Grabbed research land has stalled a Sh318 million potato revitalisation programme that would have seen the sector become a major employer and contributor to food security. A five-year potato sector master plan in Kenya has been turned down just before ...

The humble Dutch potato is at the centre of a major row in Tunisia as farmers say potatoes imported from the Netherlands are so cheap that local production is being undermined.   Mustafa Ben Jamaila from the Tunisian Potato Producer's League complains ...

The sweet potato is now available in a new frozen chip and chunk form from McCain Foods (SA) – in an appetizing orange colour not readily found as a fresh vegetable in South Africa.The new Alternatives Sweet Potato range includes the McCain Alternative...

The European Union has agreed to import unlimited amounts of Egyptian potatoes duty-free starting in June. Since the beginning of this year, Egypt has exported a total of 261,108 tons of potatoes, of which 171,223 tons went to the EU and 90,000 tons t...

McCain Foods (SA) - South Africa's largest frozen chip (french fries), vegetables and ready made meals manufacturer - has launched its first-ever South African website. The website is part of McCain Foods ongoing effort to provide relevant information ...

This week Fresh-Produce bv in Waalwijk received the first Egyptian potatoes. According to Harold Loonen of Fresh-Produce the quality is very good.   "Supply is going to be big. I expect to import more Egyptian potatoes than in previous years. It...

A tractor is busy cultivating an arable land in Molo just next to the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya research station. It is during this planting season that farmers take advantage of the research station to plant latest variety of flowers. But like a maj...

Potato exports of Tunisia increased on average by 9.5% annually since 2006, according to figures released by APIA (Tunisian Agricultural Investment Promotion Agency) at Fruit Logistica.

De naar Marokko geëxporteerde pootaardappelen komen terug naar Nederland. Dat zegt Jan Hoogenboom, financieel manager van aardappelhandelshuis HZPC. Marokko past de eisen voor pootgoed ineens strenger toe. Maximaal 5 procent van de aardappelen mag ...

The deluge of rains pounding away at the country is bringing losses in its wake, as farmers dump crops in the market at throwaway prices.In North Kinangop, the price of a 110kg sack of potatoes has dropped from Sh2,700 to Sh600, and potatoes that have ...

Het afgelopen jaar is de Algerijnse aardappelteelt met 30% gegroeid ten opzichte van 2008. Er wordt momenteel op 40.000 hectare geteeld, dat is 6.000 hectare meer dan 2008. De verwachte oogst is 300.000 ton aardappelen

McCain Foods Ltd. is gearing up for what could be a record year in South Africa. Its sales are booming, a state-of-the-art factory is finally up and running, and the World Cup in June will launch its products in more outlets than ever before.   McCain...

The Commission has given permission to import Egyptian potatoes to the EU during the import season 2009/2010. This although shipments were confiscated last year because of contamination with Pseudomonas solanacearum.   During the last import season 6...

A delegation of people representing P.E.I.'s potato industry returned this week from a trade mission to Algeria, hopeful about re-establishing markets for their products in that African country. Greg Donald, general manager of the P.E.I. Potato Board,...