15 Unusual Uses Of Potatoes You’ve Probably Never Considered

Potatoes are often a staple of a home grown diet. Most people love them and everyone has a favorite way of preparing or cooking them – be it mashed,…

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Health Benefits Of Drinking Potato Juice

In the potato goodness corner, we shall look at some skin and health benefits of drinking potato juice.  Potato juice comes from raw potato that is loaded with nutrients…

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How to Make Potato Wedges

Seasoned Baked Potato Wedges are the perfect side dish and great with everything from Oven Fried Chicken to a juicy steak dinner, or Crispy Chicken Cutlets! Ingredients 4 Large potatoes 1 teaspoon Paprika 1 teaspoon Onion Powder Salt Olive…

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Viazi Karai

Viazi Karai is one of the most popular coastal dishes known for its tantalizing taste.  Ingredients  2 people Chili cube or Royco cube Turmeric powder Tomato paste Pilau masala Salt Black pepper…

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Request for exemption of cess on seed potato

Cess is a charge levied by county governments on agricultural produce at barrier points mainly found at county exit and entry points. In the potato sub-sector, access to certified…

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Capacity building farmers on safe use of agrochemicals

Continuous capacity building of farmers and other players is essential in the potato value chain as new technologies emerge daily and demand for ware potato continues to increase thus…

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Access of certified seeds and inputs made easier

Potatoes take 3-4 months to be ready for harvesting. Having good soil and certified seeds are important factors to consider when you want to venture into potato farming. Certified…

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Elgeyo Marakwet to scale up potato seeds production

Farmer groups in 14 potato producing wards in Elgeyo Marakwet County received seed potato from the County Government in partnership with the Agriculture Sector Development Support Programme (ASDSP). The…

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Potato marketing; benefits of collective marketing

Collective marketing is where a number of growers work together  to  sell their  combined  crops  which may  require  additional storage,  processing or  packaging and the costs are shared by…

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Warehouse receipt system in potato farming

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives (MoALF&C) in consultation with agricultural sector stakeholders identified warehouse receipt system (WRS)  as a key intervention to improving agricultural commodities’ storage,…

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