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DEVELPOMENT OF THE NEW NATIONAL POTATO STRATEGY IS ALMOST COMPLETE
Posted on March 5, 2021
Participants during the virtual stakeholders’ validation forum for the Draft National Potato Strategy (2021-2025) The process of developing an updated National Potato Strategy (2021-2025) has been on-going under the coordination of NPCK. In December last year, stakeholders converged virtually to validate, comment and enrich the draft developed by the technical team. Participants in the forum […]

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NPCK 2020 TEAM BUILDING
Posted on March 5, 2021
The NPCK held its end year team building event in December last year. The team spent the better part of the day climbing Mt. Longonot and thereafter held other team building activities. The goal of the day was to have employees bond in a relaxed atmosphere, break office monotony and strengthen team work within the Council. […]

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AWARENESS CREATION AND PRETESTING OF THE UPGRADED VIAZI SOKO PLATFORM WITH FARMERS
Posted on March 5, 2021
Left: Farmers from Kiambogo Kianjogu Coop posing for a photo. Right: phone screen of a farmer registered successfully using the USSD short code The process of upgrading Viazi Soko Digital Platform is now complete. The platform is able to help solve a number of challenges facing potato farmers and others stakeholders in the subsector. Among […]

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NPCK CONTINUES TO ESTABLISH MORE POTATO FARM INPUTS DROP POINTS
Posted on March 5, 2021
Representative of FtMA, CGA, Viazi kings, NPCK and Seguton Golden farmer group during the visit to Mr. Micheal Tesot Farm Input Hub in Kuresoi Nort Su-conty of Nakuru County NPCK is in the process of identifying and profiling drop points to be used as delivery places for farm inputs ordered by farmers through Viazi […]

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WARE POTATO MARKET PRICES IN MAJOR TOWNS IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
Posted on March 5, 2021
NPCK collects and updates the prevailing ware potato market prices in 5 major towns; Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa, Meru and Eldoret on its website twice a week. This information is useful to potato stakeholders particularly farmers and market outlets in their selling and buying decisions respectively. Below is a summary of the market prices in […]

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SOIL CONDITION FOR POTATO PRODUCTION
Posted on March 5, 2021
Source: Potato production handbook By NPCK https://npck.org/Books/PotatoProductionHandbook2019(002).pdf Potato can be grown in a wide range of soil types but well-drained loamy to sandy loam soil is the most recommended. It also grows well with adequate fertilization even in sandy soils. Black soils that have undesirable physical and chemical qualities should be avoided. The pH should […]

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RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY AND CHARACTERIZE POTATO DRY ROT AND POTATO WILT PATHOGENS IN ALGERIA
Posted on March 5, 2021
Photo: Fusarium dry rot. OMAFRA Fusarium is one of the most important genera of phytopathogenic fungi, causing potato wilt in the field and potato tuber dry rot during storage. The objectives of a study by researchers from Algeria and Poland were to identify Fusarium species associated with both potato diseases in different growing regions in […]

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USE OF POTATO PEEL EXTRACT AS AN ANTIOXIDANT
Posted on March 5, 2021
A photo showing potato peels used for extraction of antioxidant. In the last decade, there has been increasing attention given to new sources of natural antioxidant phytochemicals as a result of their potential health benefits, in addition to their functional properties in traditionally commercialized products such as preserving color and flavor and hence improving […]

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HEALTH BENEFITS OF POTATO
Posted on March 5, 2021
Cooked potato -Research has found that vitamin C may help reduce the severity and duration of a cold. Potatoes are a good source of vitamin C. Raw potato must be processed prior to human consumption to make starch and other nutrients available. The nutritional value of potatoes along with its taste and ease of […]

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INTEGRATING TRACEABILITY SOLUTIONS IN THE POTATO SUPPLY CHAIN
Posted on March 5, 2021
Packed potatoes with a bar code. The first step to traceability is labeling. While most farms are not required to label each piece of produce they sell, processors prefer to work with farms that label each container/bag that leaves their store. In recent times, food producers have developed an extensive capacity to track the flow […]

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