Organization website: www.ariuyole.go.tz
Phone Number: +255 25 2510062
Address of the organization: P.O. Box 400, Mbeya, Tanzania
Contact Person: Dr. Zacharia J. Malley (malley.zacharia@gmail.com)
This report is an update of information on gender-differentiated producer and consumer preferred characteristics of sweet potato conducted at the Lake Zone of Tanzania.
In this research brief, two potential roles of potato-legume intercropping are reported: (i) improved control of soil erosion to make potato production more sustainable in the highlands; and (ii) optimizing soil temperatures, soil water contents and soil nutrient balance thus enabling potato production in the drier midland agro-food systems. The results are derived from six separate studies conducted between the 2014 wet season and 2018 dry season in Kenya.
Improved individual ambient storage units allow proper ware potato storage, are easy to maintain and help smallholder farmers fetch higher prices; more education and suitable financial products are needed that entice farmers to invest in these units to enable greater profitability.
This brochure, developed by Horti-Green project (ENV/2017/391-383), provides an overview of the information that food labels should contain.
In May 2018 was published Potato Growers’ Biosecurity Manual by the Industry Representative Body for vegetable and potato growers AUSVEG. The manual is specific to the Australian situation, but all potato growers can find in it interesting information or tips.
In a paper published in Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, researchers found that farmers in East Africa (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) were able to better adapt to the impact of COVID-19 than those in the Southern African countries of Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
These regional differences, the researchers said, could largely be explained by the difference in arrival times of lock-down measures, access and adoption of technology and cultural differences in adapting to the new situation.
There was a public outcry last week against the American fast-food franchise Kentucky Fries and Chicken (KFC).
The furore that was channelled through social media, with the hashtag BoycottKFC trending on Twitter, was inflamed by a KFC tweet on Monday that it had run out of potato chips.
‘Insensitive’ is the word that the Governor of Nyandarua County Francis Kimemia used to describe the statement by KFC. This is because thousands of farmers continue to struggle with an oversupply of potatoes.
The ADAPT Project, with a total budget of 5 million Euro funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No GA 2020 862-858, will determine the molecular and phenotypical responses of potatoes to combined environmental stress conditions such as heat, drought and flooding, which are becoming increasingly important for potato yield under the challenging growth conditions of the future due to climate change.
The four innovation sessions involved gathering together farmers, seed producer, NGOs, extension worker, researchers, and policy makers with the aim of achieving the following objectives:
The congress represents a unique opportunity for exchanging expert and scientific advice on Root & Tuber Crops (RTCs) and will facilitate the discourse amongst key root and tuber crops stakeholders like farmers, end-users, researchers, the private sector and donor agencies.
It aims at raising awareness of the importance of the RTCs in the world, reviewing recent scientific progress, identifying and setting priorities for new opportunities and challenges as well as charting a course to seek R&D support for areas where it is currently inadequate or lacking.
Due to its structure and content, the congress will facilitate the process of bringing together the scientific world and the private sector.
AHDB Potatoes and industry experts will debate key topical technical issues