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WARE POTATO MARKET PRICES IN MAJOR TOWNS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE
Posted on September 13, 2020
NPCK collects and updates the prevailing ware potato market prices in 5 major towns namely 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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CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT ON POTATO PRODUCTION
Posted on September 13, 2020
Climate change is the long-term or permanent shift either upwards or downwards of average climatic condition for instance temperature, rainfall, wind, humidity. Potato production depends on rainfall and temperature. The variability of these key parameters due climate change will affect conditions necessary to cultivate potato. Extreme weather events such as high rainfall, temperatures and humidity, […]

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CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE IN POTATO PRODUCTION
Posted on September 13, 2020
Drip irrigation used on a potato farm. In this method ,water application efficiency is high when managed correctly and fertilizer and nutrient loss is minimized due to a localized application and reduced leaching. Photo courtesy of :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md-BdIlSbzs Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRA) is an integrated approach with three sustainable development dimensions (economic, social and environmental) […]

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PROFITABLE POTATO FARMING
Posted on September 13, 2020
Agrico EA has developed a detailed growing guide and a short video tutorials, explaining step-by-step how farmers can follow good agricultural practices to achieve profitable potato farming. To watch the video tutorials click here Venture into the exciting universe of Fenikss-Online.com! Enjoy a fountain of bonus surprises, free spins, and a plethora of games, all […]

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PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD TECHNOLOGY: A SUSTAINABLE PROCESSING SOLUTION
Posted on September 13, 2020
Above and below: Potatoes being treated using Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) system (Elea GmbH) in an industrial setting. (Photo courtesy of potatopro.com) Consumer interests in healthier and fresher foods have driven much of the interest in advanced preservation methods, such as pulsed electric field (PEF) processing. […]

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WHAT MAKES A POTATO GROW EYES?
Posted on September 13, 2020
Cream potatoes with pink eyes. Eyes on potatoes are the growing points on potato tubers, each with a little stem bud (something that is not yet mature or at full development) blinking. Potatoes, unlike other garden crops, are usually not grown from small seeds. Instead, they grow from small cubes of tubers cut into portions […]

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POTATO GOODNESS
Posted on September 13, 2020
In the potato goodness corner, we shall look at how to prepare Crispy Potato Wedges/Chips on a Frying pan. The first thing is to ensure you get the right type of potatoes, I. e one that does not mash easily when boiled. To get different varieties of potatoes one can refer to our 2019 potato […]

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CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
Posted on August 7, 2020
Potato cultivation usually involves intensive soil tillage throughout the cropping period which often leads to soil degradation, erosion and leaching of nitrates. During soil preparation, the entire topsoil is loosened particularly on sticky soils – crushed into small aggregates to avoid the formation of clods in the potato beds. Conservation Agriculture (CA) a resource-saving crop […]

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COMBATING CHALLENGES OF ENFORCING THE IRISH POTATO (2019) REGULATIONS
Posted on August 7, 2020
Panelists during the launch of the Irish Potato (2019) Regulations during the annual potato The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), NPCK and other stakeholders, who included representatives from the major potato producing county governments such as Nyandarua, Elgeyo Marakwet, Meru, Nyeri, Trans Nzoia and Taita Taveta, convened a virtual meeting on 22nd July 2020 to […]

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NPCK AND PARTNERS CONDUCT SUCESSFUL COUNTY POTATO FARMER TRAININGS
Posted on August 7, 2020
In an effort to continue supporting potato farmers to improve potato productivity through adoption of good agricultural practices and better technologies, NPCK and partners organized potato field demonstrations and trainings in five pilot counties. The planning of the activities started in the month of April 2020 with the Council partnering with ADC Molo, Agrico EA, […]

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