Gujarat's potatoes most resilient to climate change
Spud Superiority: Out of 45 varieties studied from across India, 11 found to be strongest Eleven varieties of potatoes, natural and hybrid, grown in Gujarat have been found to be the most resilient
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Vijayawada: Potato farmers stage protest against Pepsico
Mr Peddireddy demanded the farmers to unite to save seed independence. Vijayawada: Farmers, agriculture workers and tenant farmers associations on Monday jointly organised a protest at Lenin Centre
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Gujarat govt. to back potato farmers in PepsiCo fight
With protests coming from all ends of the political spectrum, the Gujarat government has decided to back four potato farmers in their fight against PepsiCo’s ₹4.2 crore lawsuit against them for allegedly
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Battle of rights: PepsiCo offers a settlement to sued potato growers
Food and beverages giant PepsiCo on Friday offered to settle lawsuits against nine Gujarat-based farmers whom it had filed suits over the issue of growing and selling a particular variety of potato. During
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PepsiCo offers out of court settlement to farmers it sued
PepsiCo India Holdings, the Indian subsidiary of US food and beverages giant, on Friday offered out of court settlement to the four farmers of Sabarkantha district against whom it has slapped lawsuits,
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Kenya roots for streamlined potato value chains to boost food security
Kenya has developed a strategy to streamline the potato value chains in order to boost food security and revenues for small-holder farmers, officials said on Thursday. Lusike Wasilwa, director of crop
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Drought could cut German supplies of potatoes for French fries
A drought and heat wave in Europe this summer could cause a shortage of potatoes big enough for industrial production of French fries, a German industry group warned on Tuesday. Potato crop yields might
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Large sub-clonal variation in Phytophthora infestans from recent severe late blight epidemics in India
<p>The population structure of the Phytophthora infestans populations that caused the recent 2013–14 late blight epidemic in eastern India (EI) and northeastern India (NEI) was examined. The data
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UK ploughs $5 million into potato farming
THE British government has invested US$5 million in potato farming in Northern Province to boost agriculture production in the region and contribute to the country’s economic diversification programme.
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China plans to grow potatoes on the moon
The most famous potato-growing effort in space is a fictional one, by Matt Damon's character Mark Watney in the film The Martian. But now China has announced that it will grow extra-terrestrial potatoes