Potato News from Asia

Combining Critical In-Soil Insights and Satellite Observations to Improve Global Agricultural Monitoring
April 12, 2021
NASA Harvest And CropX Partner To Support Sustainable Ag Initiatives
NASA Harvest (NASA’s Food Security and Agriculture Program) and CropX, a global leader in soil analytics for agriculture, today announced a strategic partnership that will give NASA Harvest unprecedented soil insights for its global agricultural monitoring efforts.
Joint Managing Director, Kimihide Kondo and Managing Director, Dharmesh Gupta
April 05, 2021
Bharat Insecticides Ltd. unveils its new identity as Bharat Certis AgriScience Ltd.
Bharat Insecticides Ltd. (BIL), a group company of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) specializing in crop protection products announced that it has changed its name to ‘Bharat Certis AgriScience Ltd.’ with effect from 1st April 2021.
Next Generation varieties in Bangladesh
April 02, 2021
Next Generation potato varieties in Bangladesh
Agrico's Phytophthora-resistant Next Generation varieties Carolus and Alouette are cultivated in Bangladesh. These varieties provide a solid foundation for a sustainable and healthy crop. Because of their natural resistance to Phytophthora, they have increased yield security with the least possible input. This results in an optimum return.
Bengal’s potato output seen up by 16% on higher area, favourable weather
April 02, 2021
Bengal’s potato output seen up by 16% on higher area, favourable weather
Cold storages full at 97% capacity; bumper crop drags prices of the spud down.
Lamb Weston Holdings Announces a USD 250 Million Capital Investment in a New French Fry Processing Facility in Shangdu, Inner Mongolia, China.
March 26, 2021
Lamb Weston to build second French Fry Processing Facility in China, an investment of USD 250 Million
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LW) announces an expansion of its french fry processing capacity in China.
Potato Fields, Naltar, Gilgit Baltistan.
March 26, 2021
Pakistan aims for Self-sufficiency for seed potatoes by mid 2022
Pakistan is poised to become self-sufficient in potato seed by mid-2022. The country is going to start producing high-quality, virus-free, third-generation potato seed.
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Farmers harvesting potatoes. Mondulkiri, says it could capitalise on potato farming as demand grows in Cambodia.
March 19, 2021
Cambodia pilot potato project looks to expand after high demand
The strength in demand for potatoes grown in Mondulkiri, Cambodia, has farmers in the region planning to expand their cultivation for next season, says Song Kheang, director of the province’s agriculture department.
Jayant Soren, 60, a potato cultivator in Hooghly district, said they have spent over Rs 30,000 (~413.55 USD) per bigha (~0.13 ha) on this year's production. (Courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)
March 18, 2021
Costly seed potatoes and a low guaranteed selling price (MSP) could spell disaster for West Bengal farmers
Potato cultivators in West Bengal were afraid they will face severe losses as the price of good quality seeds have skyrocketed even as the minimum support price (MSP) fixed has remained relatively low.
Pringles Japan Readies 'Texas Ribs' Flavored Chips (Courtesy: Pringles Japan)
March 13, 2021
Pringles Japan Readies 'Texas Ribs' Flavored Chips
With COVID-19 still restricting international travel, Pringles Japan is continuing its 'Passport Flavors' series centered around replicating regional flavors from around the world in 2021.
Bumper potato yield gives price stability hope in West Bengal (Courtesy: PTI)
March 12, 2021
Bumper potato yield gives price stability hope in West Bengal
Retail prices of potatoes have risen marginally, given that farmers have been scrambling to stock up on the harvest, which has had a bumper production this year. This very bounty and the stockpiling is expected to keep potato prices stable over the next season.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (Courtesy: ANI Photo)
February 23, 2021
West Bengal allows cold storages to buy 1 Million tons of potato
Predicting a bumper harvest of potato this season, the West Bengal Cabinet on Monday decided to allow cold storage owners to purchase at least 10 lakh (1 Million) metric tons of tuber from farmers at a fixed price, so that they do not have to suffer losses, a senior official said.
ICAR-Central Potato Research Station, Muthorai, Udagamandalam (Tamil Nadu; ICAR-CPRS Ooty) introduces two potato varieties with multiple resistancies , Kufri Sahyadri and Kufri Karan
February 14, 2021
CPRI Ooty introduces two multi-resistant potato varieties, Kufri Sahyadri and Kufri Karan
Central Potato Research Institute, (CPRI) Ooty in Tamil Nadu has developed two disease resistant potatoes - Kufri Sahyadri and Kufri Karan - hybrid varieties which at present showing promising results in improving yield by 25 per cent to 30 per cent at laboratory level.
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Bangladesh produces around 10 million tons of potatoes annually Syed Zakir Hossain
January 10, 2021
Bangladesh imports two blight resistant (GM) potato lines developed at Michigan State University for a field trial
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