News on The Potato Supply Chain from Zambia

Workers sort potatoes at Chartonel farm in Lusaka (Courtesy: Jack Zimba / Zambia Daily Mail Limited)
July 02, 2017
Zambia urgently needs to better regulate the import of potatoes and establish phytosanitary labs
Zambia and South Africa may be perfectly at peace, but farmers on either side of the Limpopo River - the border between the two countries - seem engaged in a trade war. And it is mostly about potatoes...
Social impact investor and project developer AGDEVCO expects the project to produce enough small-sized seed for 104 smallholders and to create 80 FTE jobs (50% women).
June 10, 2016
USD4.5m invested in potato farming in Zambia
Social impact investor and project developer AGDEVCO has invested in a US$4.5 million partnership with Saise Farming Enterprises Limited (SFEL) to produce potato seed for smallholder farmers in Northern Province of Zambia.

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