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Basically, there is enough food in the world but, unfortunately, it isn’t distributed well, which means there’s also a lot of famine.

Company details of Waldersey Farms Ltd Area: 5, 500 hectares Cropping plan:

With Christoph Grimme (30), a new and predominantly digital wind is clearly blowing through the more than 150-year-old family group from the rural village of Damme (G).

Is it still possible to kill haulm in potatoes properly now the decision not to extend the application of diquat (Reglone) has been taken in Brussels?

In agricultural research and development, we are now working hard on optimising potato cultivation by means of location-specific processing''''

Since molecular technologies became available to plant scientists, they are trying to improve plant production by changing the genetic structure of the plant.

Recently, DCA-Markets from the Dutch town of Lelystad created the PAT Index.

A recent report on improving global diets in a sustainable way has gathered a lot of attention, both positive and negative.

The recently-published Potato Handbook, written by Professor Anton Haverkort, covers in about six hundred pages all the conceivable aspects related to the potato.

This versatile Peruvian dish is fresh, light and is perfect for a summer buffet.

Wild potato varieties grow high in the mountains of the Peruvian Andes where above 4,000 metres, hiking is a challenge due to thin air.

It was a golden opportunity to give young farmers in the potato sector their own programme on the Potato Demonstration Day.

Stress can seriously reduce the potato yield. Drought – as in the last growing season – may play a role, but there are several factors that can be identified as causes.