This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Imagine being a potato farmer in Ethiopia, Kenya or Nigeria. On a small piece of land, ...

Delegates, researchers, and stakeholders from Africa, Europe, and North America pose for a group photo during the closing ceremony of the 13th African Potato Association (APA) Conference, held in ...

MAPUTO, Mozambique -- When U2's Bono broke into the classic refrain, "Gabba gabba hey!" from the Ramone's "Pinhead" on a Mozambique sweet potato farm last year, the farmers joined in to create perhaps ...

The Karamoja Sub-region in northeastern Uganda has long struggled with chronic food insecurity and malnutrition, driven by climate variability, poor environmental conditions, and underdeveloped ...

For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page. South African potato prices have jumped 15% on average over the past week, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday, after black ...

Potatoes may be smaller in the next two months but there is much more of the crop than this time last year, the industry says as it moves to quell panic after black frost hurt some growers in Limpopo.

Harvest from a confined field trial in Uganda shows a significantly higher yield (right) for the 3R Victoria potato, and without the use of fungicide. CIP Imagine being a potato farmer in Ethiopia, ...

Food and agricultural experts under the African Potato Association (APA) have urged the Ugandan government and development partners to invest in extensive potato farming as a strategy to ensure food ...