Tag: Potatoes

There is nothing worse than losing your potato harvest to worms. But there might be a solution found in bananas - wrapping your potatoes in paper made from banana fibre ...

A Phuthaditjhaba farmer writes to say he’s struggling with early blight in potatoes, a common disease that could have disastrous consequences. We speak to Dr André Cilliers from AECI Plant ...

The recent KFC potato chip shortage in Kenya has served as a wake-up call for growers and the rest of the value chain in the country. What do role-players need ...

After KFC Kenya ran out of imported potato chips, Kenyans took to social media to admonish the chain for not making use of local potatoes. The country's National Potato Council ...

The price of food is seems to be ever-increasing. ABSA has released the latest fresh produce market report, which breaks down which veggies are more expensive. More importantly, it breaks ...

Have you noticed how expensive some vegetables, especially potatoes and sweet potatoes, are at the moment? In fact, an expert points out, your potatoes haven't cost this much in more ...

Mzansi’s growers have raised the alarm about cheap potato imports potentially headed our way, and appeal to government to act proactively and temporarily pause imports from Europe. With global supply ...

The blissful laughter of athletic women and children with green fingers can be heard echoing through the township of Tsakane Mashona, Extension 12 in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. This is thanks to ...

In Mzansi, a home cooked Sunday lunch is nothing without a deep fried or oven baked potato. Our nourishing local spuds are believed to have come from Holland to provide ...

Mzansi’s potato farmers ensure that we’ll never run out of potatoes, despite challenges such as climate change and political uncertainty. Potatoes SA shared this recipe for Potato and Aubergine (Eggplant) ...